Survey Data
Reg No
31203024
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Scientific
Previous Name
Cill-Alaithe
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1890 - 1895
Coordinates
120888, 329695
Date Recorded
13/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1896, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of tuck pointed drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar piers on benchmark-inscribed drag edged rock faced cut-limestone chamfered plinths having lichen-covered gabled capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed cast-iron double gates. Now disused. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Killala House.
Appraisal
A gateway making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at the principal entrance on to the grounds of the Killala House estate: meanwhile, a benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).