Survey Data
Reg No
40904653
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Pier/jetty
Date
1750 - 1800
Coordinates
227663, 418056
Date Recorded
19/03/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of causeways, c.1775, built of un-mortared rubble stone and associated with Fort Stewart Ferry crossing Lough Swilly.
Appraisal
These causeways were associated with the Fort Stewart Ferry which crossed Lough Swilly at one of its narrowest points. The Ordnance Survey notes that the causeways, built in low-lying mud flats, were covered at high water and a timetable published (1st December 1900) by Harry Jocelyn Urquhart Stewart (1871-1945) of Fort Stewart gave weekday and weekend departure times from Fort Stewart and Ballybegly 'weather and tide permitting'.