Overview
Albert Lock — CLOONTEEM is recorded as lock in Roscommon. Lock on Jamestown Canal, built in 1848 as part of the Shannon-Erne Navigation. Coursed cut stone blocks to retaining walls with name of 'Albert Lock' carved to north side.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Adjacent detached three-bay single-storey with attic lock keeper’s house, built in 1848, with return and extension to rear, c.1960.
People and work
The saved account records: Lock on Jamestown Canal, built in 1848 as part of the Shannon-Erne Navigation.
How it changed
The saved account records: Coursed cut stone blocks to retaining walls with name of 'Albert Lock' carved to north side.
What survives
The saved account records: Random coursed rock-faced stone walls, now painted with rendered extension.
Why it mattered
Albert Lock — CLOONTEEM matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Run by a fourth-generation lock keeper, Albert Lock is still used to travel along the Shannon-Erne Navigation. The lock walls, comprising massive tooled limestone blocks are complimented by the stone exterior of the small lock keeper’s house. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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