12th Lock
Also known as 12th Lock (Ballymakaily)
R120, Deansrath
About 12th Lock
The National Inventory rates 12th Lock Regional, one of 25 in Deansrath. Its record dates 12th Lock to 1760–1780. 3 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A good example of a standard-type eighteenth-century canal lock, enhanced by its setting among such a rich group of canal structures.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11204053 · 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 · 11204053↗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 10 minutes
Deansrath · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 112th LockStart here
- 2Grange CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Deansrath: more walls, gates and bridges on the record
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. Gollierstown Bridge in Lucan is the nearest, at 1.5 km.
Questions about 12th Lock
Is 12th Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11204053).
Can you visit 12th Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was 12th Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1760–1780.
Is 12th 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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