Survey Data
Reg No
20842017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Ballincollig Cavalry Barracks originally Ballincollig Artillery Barracks
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
159776, 70812
Date Recorded
20/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding gate piers, erected c.1810, comprising square-profile dressed limestone piers to vehicular entrances and flanking pedestrian entrances. Camber-headed arches to pedestrian entrances having dressed limestone voussoirs, carved string courses to capitals of piers. Set in rubble stone boundary walls.
Appraisal
A monumental entrance gate originally built as part of the military complex at Ballincollig. The barracls was constructed to provide protection for the gunpowder mills located to the north. This entrance exhibits fine stone craftsmanship.