Description

SW 73 SW BREAGE GODOLPHIN

3/60 Pound at approximately 200 metres
west of Godolphin House

GV II

Pound, incoporating an earlier structure, possibly a gun powder store. Indeterminate
date possibly C17 in origin but converted to pound circa C18 or early C19. Cyclopean
un-dressed granite rubble with some dressed granite as jambstone to storage chambers,
lintels and 1 gate post.
Rectangular pound with gate to east, its south and east walls extending the external
pound was made. The ruin is puzzling; remains of 2 or more small slab-roofed cells
can be seen surrounded by a mass of earth-bound masonry. The most complete cell is
entered from the east face.
Sir Francis Godolphin was at the forefront of mining technology in the late C16-early
C17. The small separate cells and surrounding bulk suggest a use such as the storage
of black powder.

Listing NGR: SW5991231888

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613678

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)