- Type
- Lock
- NIAH reg. no.
- 31912001
Albert Lock
About Albert Lock
Albert Lock is one of 10 buildings in Drumsna the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Albert Lock to 1840–1850.
Run by a fourth-generation lock keeper, Albert Lock is still used to travel along the Shannon-Erne Navigation. The lock walls, comprising massive tooled limestone blocks are complimented by the stone exterior of the small lock keeper’s house.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 31912001 · 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 · 31912001↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Albert Lock
Drumsna
Recorded walls, gates and bridges around Drumsna
The nearest is Carrick-on-Shannon Bridge in Carrick-On-Shannon, 7.2 km away. All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. At the edge of the list, 21 km away: 46th Lock, Termonbarry.
Questions about Albert Lock
Is Albert Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 31912001).
Can you visit Albert Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Albert Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1850.
Is Albert 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).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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