Assonet Cattle Pound
Assonet Cattle Pound is a historic site in Bristol, Massachusetts. Assonet Cattle Pound is situated nearby to Lawton Cemetery, as well as near Saint Bernard Catholic Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Assonet Burying Ground and Freetown Town Hall.
Assonet Burying Ground
Cemetery
The Assonet Burying Ground is the main public cemetery for Freetown, Massachusetts. Prior to becoming a cemetery, the land occupied by the Assonet Burying Ground was used as a military musterfield for the southeastern Massachusetts area. Assonet Burying Ground is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Assonet Cattle Pound.
Freetown Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Freetown Town Hall is situated 2,400 feet north of Assonet Cattle Pound.
Profile Rock
Peak
Profile Rock was a 50-foot-high granite rock formation located in Freetown, Massachusetts, just outside Assonet village and near the Freetown State Forest. In 2019, a large section of the formation broke off.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freetown and Assonet.
Freetown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freetown is a rural town on the Assonet River in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It includes the villages of East Freetown and Assonet.
Assonet
Hamlet
Dighton
Village
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Taunton is a city in Massachusetts with a population of 59,000. It is nicknamed the "Silver City" for its tradition as a center of silversmithing, and the "Christmas City" for its festive Christmas displays on Taunton Green. Dighton is situated 3 miles northwest of Assonet Cattle Pound.
Assonet Cattle Pound
- Type: Historic site
- Description: historic animal pound in Freetown, Massachusetts
- Categories: animal pound, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.789° or 41° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
-71.06978° or 71° 4′ 11″ westOpen location code
87HCQWQJ+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1334584188OpenStreetMap feature
historic=poundWikidata ID
Q131219577
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Highlights include Lawton Cemetery and Saint Bernard Catholic Church.
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