Level crossing in Newdown

Pair of level crossing gates, erected c.1848, formerly serving the Midland and Great Western Railway Company's Dublin (Broadstone) to Mullingar line. Comprises timber beams with wire mesh having early cast-iron fittings, including a cast-iron lamp and cast-iron bracing bars. Pedestrian gates to either end. Located to the southwest of Mullingar. Former crossing guards house now demolished.

A typical set of mid nineteenth-century level crossing gates, which retain their early form, character and a number of their early cast-iron fittings. These gates were originally erected by the Midland and Great Western Railway Company to serve the Dublin to Mullingar line, which opened 1848. They form part of an extensive group of structures associated with the Midland and Great Western Railway in the area and represent an integral element of the civil engineering and transport heritage of Westmeath.