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Latitude: 53.2472 / 53°14'49"N
Longitude: -3.3084 / 3°18'30"W
OS Eastings: 312794
OS Northings: 373037
OS Grid: SJ127730
Mapcode National: GBR 5ZBW.KP
Mapcode Global: WH76Q.4NV0
Plus Code: 9C5R6MWR+VM
Entry Name: Caerwys Pinfold
Listing Date: 19 July 2002
Last Amended: 19 July 2002
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26770
Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence
ID on this website: 300026770
Location: Fronting the road approximately 40m W of the junction with North Street.
County: Flintshire
Community: Caerwys
Community: Caerwys
Built-Up Area: Caerwys
Traditional County: Flintshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Erected in the third quarter of the C19 and used to impound stray animals after fairs and markets until they were claimed by their owners.
An open rectangular compound of rubble stone with larger dressed quoins and added rubble cock-and-hen coping. The front has a segmental-headed doorway with keystone and rock-faced voussoirs and replaced boarded door. It is flanked by narrow slits. The side walls each have 3 similar narrow slits, with wide embrasures.
Listed as a rare-surviving building type representing the former importance of Caerwys as a market town.
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