Reg No
50130036
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
314707, 238302
Date Recorded
02/07/2018
Date Updated
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Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, installed c. 1930, having plinth base, raised insignia 'P&T' (Poist agus Teileagrafa) to front (west) face, moulded neck, dentillated frieze and domed cap, and maker's mark to front of base with letering 'Carron Company Stirlingshire'.
This attractive piece of street furniture represents the high quality of mass-produced cast-ironwork produced in the early years of the twentieth century. The insignia, representing the national postal service, dates the box to the early years of the Irish Republic. The Carron Company in Scotland were one of the largest ironworks throughout the industrial revolution and were famous for their postboxes and phone boxes situated throughout Ireland and Britain.