Survey Data

Reg No

32315009


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Original Use

Handball alley


In Use As

Handball alley


Date

1890 - 1910


Coordinates

139520, 310384


Date Recorded

29/07/2004


Date Updated

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Description

Detached stone handball alley, built c. 1900. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling, interior faces smooth-rendered. Concrete floor. Concrete changing facility and viewing platform added to east end c. 1930.

Appraisal

This is a well-built example of a traditional handball alley with substantial rubble stone walling. Once a dominant feature in the Irish countryside, good examples are becoming increasingly rare.