10th Lock
Also known as Lock 10, Royal Canal
In Irish: Loc 10
Ashtown, Castleknock
About 10th Lock
10th Lock is one of 14 buildings in Castleknock the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates 10th Lock to 1790–1795. 3 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The Royal Canal Company was established in 1789 to construct a canal to provide freight and passenger transport between Dublin and the River Shannon. Construction began with the laying of the first stone of the lock at Phibsborough (now the 5th lock) in 1790 and construction was completed to Ashtown by 1792.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50060121 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50060121↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Castleknock · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 110th LockStart here
- 2Ashton HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Walls, gates and bridges on the record near Castleknock
Just 1.6 km away stands “8th Lock, Royal Canal”, in Ashtown. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km.
Questions about 10th Lock
Is 10th Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50060121).
Can you visit 10th Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was 10th Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1795.
Is 10th Lock protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
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