Cattle Pound

This is a circular cattle-pound, likely dating to the late 18th century, based on its similarity to Castlemartin Pound dated 1780. The cattle-pound has a roughly coursed limestone rubble wall, approximately 9 meters in diameter and standing 1.8 meters high, with no coping. In 1840, the site was part of the Philipps estate and the cattle-pound was out of use by 1900.

A bier-house was built within the cattle-pound in 1900. It is constructed of limestone rubble masonry at the rear and snecked facing masonry at the front, serving as a cart shed. The gable and double-doors of the bier-house face the street. Internally the bier-house measures 2.4 meters wide by 4 meters long, with a slate roof, carved bargeboards with timber finials, framed, braced, ledged, and battened doors, and a segmental door-frame head. A brick segmental arch spans the rear doorway.

The area of the cattle-pound behind the bier-house is currently maintained as a public garden and the bier-house serves as an information point for local tourism. A cast-iron water hydrant, manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock, stands in the street in front of the bier-house.