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On his fields, with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Henry has built huge, dry stone walls and embedded sheepfolds in them; a hillside tomb to hide the pool pump; and a stone circle.

From Washington Post

Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not alighting but spying out the sheepfolds, barns, and villages.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The other name of this place of assembly, Ovilia, or the sheepfolds, bears witness to its primitive construction, when it was surrounded by a wooden barrier.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

So Jesse sent out into the sheepfolds on the hillsides outside the city to bring the lad David in.

From Child's Story of the Bible by Lathbury, Mary A. (Mary Artemisia)

A watcher by the sheepfolds, With wonder in his eyes, He shall behold the seasons, And mark the planets rise, Till all the marching firmament Shall rouse his vast surmise.

From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss