Survey Data
Reg No
11903508
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
272569, 197348
Date Recorded
27/11/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with "ER VII" royal cipher and raised crown motif. Set within rubble stone boundary wall of former Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Barracks.
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 Ardscull crossroads. The raised royal cipher and crown motif 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.