Medieval pinfold.


The parish pinfold for Kirk Lonan stood on the west side of the main highroad. It is annotated as 'Pinfold' on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 at this location.


In 1940 the pinfold was recorded as almost square, measuring approximately 12 by 11m, with rendered stone walls of quarried slate standing 2.1m high. The entrance was in the centre of the north (upslope) wall, where the wall was higher still to accommodate a slate lintel above the position of the gate.


The pinfold has since been heavily altered as a result of road improvements, the east and south walls being much reduced in height and cut back to widen the road junction.


Each parish was responsible for the maintenance and repair of its own pinfold. Their origins are uncertain although an early statute of 1422 confirms that the customary laws relating to their maintenance and use were already well established.