Just about every colonial New England town had one of these stone wall enclosures for containing livestock which had strayed from their owner’s land and were causing problems on other people’s property. The sheep, cattle, or other animals would be held in the pound until the owner could collect them and pay a fee. Many are still standing today, in varying states of repair, as historic reminders of these towns’ agricultural past. Hear about my efforts to find and “armchair map” these structures.
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Peter’s day job is as a Software Engineer, but he also enjoys local history, trails, games, & photography amongst other hobbies. His first edit to OSM was in 2010 to fix roads leading to his house, though he didn’t start mapping regularly until 2020.
