Glocester Town Pound

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location= Glocester, Rhode Island
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 53
lat_seconds = 44
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
area =
built =1748
architect= Unknown
architecture=
added = September 22, 1970
governing_body = Local
refnum=70000021cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Glocester Town Pound is a historic site on Pound Road and Chopmist Hill Road in Glocester, Rhode Island.

The stone pound was built in 1748 to confine stray livestock and is allegedly the oldest extant pound in America. [ [http://www.glocesterri.org/places.htm Glocester Rhode Island Historic Sites] ] It was added to the National Historic Register in 1970.

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