Pound At Approximately 200 Metres West Of Godolphin House

The pound, located approximately 200 meters west of Godolphin House, incorporates an earlier structure that may have been a gunpowder store. It likely dates from the 17th century but was converted into a pound around the 18th century or early 19th century. The construction features cyclopean undressed granite rubble, with some dressed granite used for the jambstone of storage chambers, lintels, and one gate post. The pound is rectangular, with a gate on the east side, and its south and east walls extend to form an external pound. The ruins are complex, showing the remains of two or more small slab-roofed cells surrounded by a mass of earth-bound masonry. The most complete cell can be accessed from the east face. Sir Francis Godolphin was a pioneer in mining technology during the late 16th to early 17th centuries, and the small separate cells along with the surrounding structure suggest they were used for storing black powder.