- Type
- Milestone / milepost
- NIAH reg. no.
- 14912010
Milestone, Drumcooly
About Milestone, Drumcooly
The National Inventory rates Milestone, Drumcooly Regional, one of 53 in Edenderry. Its record dates Milestone, Drumcooly to 1790–1800.
This milepost or milestone survives in its original position and in original condition as a reminder of when the Grand Canal served County Offaly as a major means of transporting people and goods to Dublin. The banks of the canal have mileposts at intervals to advise users of the distance to Dublin.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14912010 · 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 · 14912010↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Milestone, Drumcooly
Edenderry
Blundell AqueductRegional rating (NIAH)700 mEdenderry Railway Station (building misc)Regional rating (NIAH)2.1 kmEdenderry Railway Station (locomotive shed)Regional rating (NIAH)2.1 kmEdenderry Railway Station (turntable)Regional rating (NIAH)2.1 kmEdenderry Railway Station (store / warehouse)Regional rating (NIAH)2.1 kmEdenderry Railway Station (office)Regional rating (NIAH)2.1 kmQuestions about Milestone, Drumcooly
Is Milestone, Drumcooly on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14912010).
Can you visit Milestone, Drumcooly?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Milestone, Drumcooly built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1800.
Is Milestone, Drumcooly 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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