23rd Lock
Also known as Lock 23, Royal Canal
In Irish: Loc 23
About 23rd Lock
The National Inventory rates 23rd Lock Regional, one of 28 in Killucan-Rathwire. 23rd Lock dates from 1800–1810. 4 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 15402715 · 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 · 15402715↗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 1.2 km on foot, as the crow flies
More walls, gates and bridges on the record near Killucan-Rathwire
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Start with Saunder's Bridge in Mullingar, 12 km away. Moyvally Bridge in Longwood is the farthest, at 18 km.
Questions about 23rd Lock
Is 23rd Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 15402715).
Can you visit 23rd Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was 23rd Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1810.
Is 23rd 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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