Monument record MHG53412 - Circular sheepfold, Wathegar

This sheepfold is described in the Cultural Heritage chapter of an Environmental Statement for a proposed wind farm. It is by far the largest of the three sheepfolds recorded during the survey and is the only one in the vicinity of Wathegar which is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. It lies just outside the enclosed fields to the south west of Upper Wathegar, formerly on rough pasture and now within a modern forestry plantation, partly within a ride. The sheepfold is about 20 metres in diameter and within the ride the walls stand to 0.5m high. <1>

<1> Hooper, J., 01/2010, Wathegar Wind Farm - Environmental Statement: Cultural Heritage chapter, Site 003, Appendix 11.1 (Text/Report/Environmental Statement). SHG24662.