Reg No
15321035
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1870 - 1930
Coordinates
233110, 235857
Date Recorded
03/09/2004
Date Updated
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Pair of rubble limestone gate posts (on circular plan) with wrought-iron flat bar gate, erected c.1900. Brick corbel course and cement domed capping to gate posts. Gate gives access to field on Streamstown Road to the north of Kilbeggan
This humble and functional gateway represents a typical example of the North Leinster vernacular tradition of gate posts on circular plan with associated simple flat-bar wrought-iron gate. Once a common sight, these gateways are rapidly disappearing as field gates are widened to accommodate modern farming practices. Constructed of local rubble limestone, this modest gateway blends sensitively into the rural landscape to the north of Kilbeggan.