Survey Data

Reg No

14315065


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Technical


Original Use

Canal (section of)


Date

1755 - 1770


Coordinates

295460, 274185


Date Recorded

02/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Section of the Lower Boyne Canal, built c.1760, now disused. Ashlar limestone canal walls and an ashlar limestone lock. Single-arch masonry road bridge with cut stone voussoirs and random rubble walls to site.

Appraisal

The Boyne Navigation between Navan and Drogheda was partly funded and supported by William Burton Conyngham of Slane Castle. The Lower Boyne Canal from Drogheda to Slane was constructed between 1759 and 1789 by the Commissioners of the Inland Navigation under the supervision of Thomas Omer at a cost of seventy five thousand pounds. The ashlar masonry utilised in the construction of the bridge and channel was clearly executed by skilled craftsmen.