Survey Data
Reg No
11900802
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Lock
In Use As
Lock
Date
1770 - 1805
Coordinates
268819, 230659
Date Recorded
04/10/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Canal lock, opened 1804, with timber gates framing limestone ashlar battered walls having concrete flagged coping. Sited on Grand Canal.
Appraisal
A canal lock representing an important component of the civil engineering heritage of County Kildare: meanwhile, a weathered benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).