- Type
- Lock
- NIAH reg. no.
- 15402714
24th Lock
Also known as Lock 24, Royal Canal
In Irish: Loc 24
About 24th Lock
24th Lock is one of 28 buildings in Killucan-Rathwire the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates 24th Lock to 1800–1810. One other place on the record stands 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 15402714 · 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 · 15402714↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 10 minutes
Killucan-Rathwire · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 124th LockStart here
- 2
25th LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on - 3
Footy's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
More walls, gates and bridges on the record near Killucan-Rathwire
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Just 11 km away stands Saunder's Bridge, in Mullingar. Farthest out is Rhode Bridge, Rhode, 18 km away.
Questions about 24th Lock
Is 24th Lock on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 15402714).
Can you visit 24th Lock?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was 24th Lock built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1810.
Is 24th 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) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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