- Address
- Straffan
- Type
- Weir
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11809022
Weir, Straffan
About Weir, Straffan
The National Inventory rates Weir, Straffan Regional, one of 17 in Straffan. Its record dates Weir, Straffan to 1920–1940. 8 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This weir and associated sluice gate/hydraulic dam are of considerable technical interest, having been constructed to regulate the flow of the current of the River Liffey to accommodate a mill pond nearby.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11809022 · 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 · 11809022↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 10 minutes
Straffan, Straffan · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Near Straffan: more buildings on the record
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Just 8.4 km away stands Saint Patrick's College, in Maynooth. Dunsink Observatory in Blanchardstown is the farthest, at 21 km.
Questions about Weir, Straffan
Is Weir, Straffan on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11809022).
Can you visit Weir, Straffan?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Weir, Straffan built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1920–1940.
Is Weir, Straffan 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).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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