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Kirk Marown Pinfold
Archaeology
The site of a post-medieval pinfold. It is located to the west side of the road from Glenvine to the Braaid, between Ballaquinnea and Ballingan. It is a rectlinear enclosure with walls of sod hedge type, over 2 metres in height. The walls are partly faced with field stones on the outside, and more recent dry-built facing of quarried slate inside. The entrance has been rebuilt in stone, with a slate lintel against the original sod banks. Each parish was responsible for maintenance and repair of its own pinfold, but their origins are uncertain although a statute of 1422 confirms customary laws already long established by that time.
Ballacotch
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Book Chapters
- Parish: Marown
- Sheading: Middle
- Grid Ref: SC3284077730
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record