Pound (mass) No standards of the Tower pound are known to have survived. The Tower pound was equivalent to about 350 grams. The merchants' pound ("mercantile pound", "libra mercantoria", or "commercial pound") was considered to be composed of 25 rather than 20 Tower shillings of 12 pence. It was equal to 9,600 wheat grains (15 tower ounces or 6,750 grains) and was used in England until the 14th century for goods other than money and medicine ("electuaries"). The London pound is that of the Hansa, as used in their various trading places. The London pound is based on 16 ounces, each ounce
Animal pound with a well-preserved village pound. There are also examples in other countries. "There was hardly a town in eighteenth-century New England without its town pound..." The Sussex County Magazine in 1930 stated: In some mountainous areas of northern Spain (such as Cantabria or Asturias) some similar enclosures are traditionally used to protect beehives from bear attacks. The artist Andy Goldsworthy has produced a series of sculptures in several of the pinfolds in Cumbria. Animal pound An animal pound is a place where stray livestock were impounded. Animals were kept in a dedicated enclosure, until claimed by their owners, or sold