Survey Data
Reg No
50060010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
310374, 234539
Date Recorded
05/09/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Round-plan wrought-iron turnstile, c.1850, having round-section bars to turnstile mechanism and square-section vertical bars to outside. Floor of turnstile is granite flags. Roughly squared granite quoins to opening jambs and granite lintel, set into rubble limestone walling, with cow and calf coping stones. Turnstile flanked by buttresses. Set into boundary wall of Phoenix Park.
Appraisal
This pedestrian entrance to Phoenix Park gives access from Chapelizod village. Its simple metal construction is complemented by the well-constructed limestone and granite work of the opening in the wall.