Survey Data

Reg No

14917021


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Lock


In Use As

Lock


Date

1790 - 1850


Coordinates

236526, 225736


Date Recorded

10/09/2004


Date Updated

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Description

Canal lock station and mooring posts, built c.1790. Pair of timber and steel lock gates set in channel with ashlar limestone quay walls. Associated canal bridge to site.

Appraisal

This lock gives an interesting insight to the design and engineering of Irish waterway transport in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It appears to have been restored recently to full working order. The high level of craftsmanship and use of resources indicates the importance of these locks and canals as a much used mode of transport.