Judge's Chair - Dunnabridge Pound
N 50° 33.312 W 003° 54.757
30U E 435352 N 5600760
Judge's Chair a large granite built structure in the centre of Dartmoor.
Waymark Code: WM134B
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/31/2006
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No one know for sure why this chair is called the Judge's chair, some say its linked with the Stannary Court at Crockern Tor which is not far away. The purpose of the Judge's Chair was to provide shelter for the pound keeper. His role was to oversee animals that were driven to the pound following the drifts and to collect any necessary fines from their owners. Drifts were a round-up of live stock who had illegally grazed within the Forest of Dartmoor. If the owners of the live stock did not pay the fine the owners would be impounded. This meant being locked in the stocks placed within the wall of the pound.
Ordnance Survey map reference (10 figure) if within DNP – If outside the Park, add N/A: Not listed
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