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...
