Survey Data
Reg No
11801003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
276231, 239684
Date Recorded
26/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1890, with raised "VR" royal cipher and crown motif. Mounted in rubble stone gate pier at side of road.
Appraisal
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important feature in the rural landscape and is prominently sited on a gate pier on the side of the road. The raised royal cipher (and manufacturer's signature, which is now heavily coated in paint and somewhat indiscernible) is of considerable artistic merit. Its age and survival, however, together with its associations with Ireland as formerly part of the British Empire are of great historical and social importance.