Survey Data
Reg No
15403712
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
230366, 236581
Date Recorded
02/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Field gates, erected c.1860, comprising a pair of rendered gate piers, on square-plan having cut stone capstones, supporting a pair of wrought-iron double gates with decorative finials and curled clasps. Located to the southeast of Horseleap, adjacent to main Dublin to Galway road and to the south of Meldrum House (15403701).
Appraisal
An appealing pair of decorative pair of vernacular wrought-iron double gates, which form an unusually fine entrance to a field/agricultural land. These wrought-iron gates are very similar in appearance to a pair located to the south (15403709), suggesting that they may have being crafted by the same hand and, perhaps, gave access to land in the same ownership. These simple gates and piers are an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the southeast of Horseleap, adding attractive incident along the main Dublin to Galway road.