Survey Data
Reg No
11822050
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
278755, 195852
Date Recorded
30/01/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with inscribed "ER VII" royal cipher. Set into rubble stone wall with concrete surround.
Appraisal
This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important feature in the rural landscape and is prominently sited 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.