21st Lock
Also known as Lock 21, Royal Canal
In Irish: Loc 21
About 21st Lock
The National Inventory rates 21st Lock Regional, one of 28 in Killucan-Rathwire. 21st Lock dates from 1800–1820. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
An attractive and well-built canal lock that forms part of an important group of structures associated with the Royal Canal in Westmeath.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 15402719 · 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 · 15402719↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes
Killucan-Rathwire · about 1.1 km on foot, as the crow flies
Like it: recorded walls, gates and bridges near Killucan-Rathwire
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is Saunder's Bridge in Mullingar, 12 km away. At the edge of the list, 18 km away: Ballina Bridge, Mullingar.
Questions about 21st Lock
Is 21st Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 15402719).
Can you visit 21st Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was 21st Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1820.
Is 21st 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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