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Fountain in Dukesmeadows

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Fountain in Dukesmeadows
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Fountain in Dukesmeadows gave thirsty horses a carved limestone drinking trough from the Kilkenny Marble Works. Your horse could stop for a drink at something grander than your mantelpiece, then repay the artistic effort by sneezing into it.

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Freestanding cut-limestone trough, erected 1902, on a corner site comprising carved basin with moulded lip on cut-limestone plinth having carved stoups. Set back from line of road on a corner site on concrete brick cobbled footpath.
Exhibiting high quality stone masonry a finely-detailed trough executed at the Colles Kilkenny Marble Works on behalf of the Kilkenny Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals presents an appealing feature in the street scene while attesting to the period of horse-drawn transportation.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12001069

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Blackdelia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5; Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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