22nd Lock
Also known as Lock 22, Royal Canal
In Irish: Loc 22
About 22nd Lock
The National Inventory rates 22nd Lock Regional, one of 28 in Killucan-Rathwire. Its record dates 22nd Lock to 1800–1810. 6 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 15402716 · 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 · 15402716↗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 15 minutes
Killucan-Rathwire · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 122nd LockStart here
- 2Killucan Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3
23rd LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on - 424th LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
4 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Walls, gates and bridges on the record near Killucan-Rathwire
Just 12 km away stands Saunder's Bridge, in Mullingar. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. The list reaches Cartland Bridge in Edenderry, 18 km away.
Questions about 22nd Lock
Is 22nd Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 15402716).
Can you visit 22nd Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was 22nd Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1810.
Is 22nd 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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