Medieval pinfold.


The parish pinfold for Ballaugh stood on the east side of the Ballaugh river at the Dollagh. It was annotated as such on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869, and was given the OS Plot no. 0871, centred at the grid reference provided.


In 1940 the pinfold was described as 26 feet square, with its entrance in the centre of the north wall. The entrance was marked by two jamb-stones standing over 5 feet tall, and 15 inches broad. No lintel survived at this time.


The pinfold has since been demolished and only the line of its south wall is apparent, marked by a length of hedge.


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.