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Summary

Post medieval animal pound containing the remains of an early 19th century shippon. An earthwork just south west of
the pound is thought to represent an associated shepherd's hut. The building and pound are not marked on the 1777 Courtney Estate Map but are described as 'Brake and Linhay' on the 1841 tithe map.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020576: Post-medieval animal pound 430m south of East Soar Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1368794
• National Trust SMR: 100,539
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73NW/178
• Old SAM Ref: 34887

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• POUND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV173437.

Vis=est -/-/2001 (ancient monuments) post-medieval animal pound 430m s of east soar farm.

AM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173438.

Animal pound containing remains of 19c shippon and an earthwork. See scheduling document for details (am).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV173439.

Des=ancient monuments/(1/11/2002)/as above.

Lang, G., 1777, Courtenay Estate Map (Record Office Collection). SDV144955.

The structures are not depicted.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Depicted and described as 'Brake and Linhay'

Thackray, C., 1990, Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon, 16-17 (Report - Survey). SDV345519.

A small enclosure and roofless, ruined field barn is built into the junction of the two field walls. The barn walls are composed of 1 metre thick drystone walling of local slate slabs upto 2.5 metres high on the back (west) wall. Two pillars of slate, one with a tenon on top, probably supported the roof beams. The manger along the back wall is also of slate slabs. On the tithe map this building is shown as 'Brake and Linhay', so the stone uprights would corroborate the description of this as a linhay. Presumably it is the same building, so must be pre-1840. The ruins of a brick building (possibly pig sties) lie in waste ground seaward of the linhay.

Winton, H. + Bowden, M., 2009, East Soar, Devon: Air Photo Assessment and Survey (Report - Survey). SDV351406.

The basic form of the structures described above is visible on air photographs. The building and pound are not marked on the 1777 Courtenay Estate Map but are described as 'Brake and Linhay' on the 1841 tithe map.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

All East Soar Air Photo Assessment and Survey (SDV351406) details were accessioned to the Devon HER as part of the South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV144955	Record Office Collection: Lang, G.. 1777. Courtenay Estate Map. Courtenay Survey of the South Hams. Manuscript.
SDV173437	Report - Survey: Ancient Monuments.
SDV173438	Migrated Record: AM.
SDV173439	Migrated Record:
SDV345519	Report - Survey: Thackray, C.. 1990. Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. 16-17.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351406	Report - Survey: Winton, H. + Bowden, M.. 2009. East Soar, Devon: Air Photo Assessment and Survey. English Heritage. 50-2009. Digital + A4.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4935 - Archaeological Survey from Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point
• EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail

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