Survey Data
Reg No
12401912
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Canal (section of)
Date
1750 - 1770
Coordinates
253349, 154415
Date Recorded
21/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Remains of canal, built 1755-65, including sections of random rubble limestone retaining walls. Disused, pre-1840. Set back from road on bank of River Nore.
Appraisal
Representing an element of the civil engineering heritage of County Kilkenny the remains of a mid eighteenth-century canal developed on the River Nore as part of a larger river improvement scheme (1755-75) initiated under the supervision of William Ockenden (d. 1761) make a pleasing, if subtle contribution to the visual appeal of the local landscape.