Lock in Longueville, County Cork

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What is recorded here

This lock is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 714) under the entry (no. 15257) for a canal (CO032-021001-). The lock is referred to in the entry as follows: Canal taken from River Blackwater at W end, by Pallas lock which no longer survives (Jackson 1987, 22). Second lock (CO032-021003-) at Longueville: now shortened at E end from length of 47m to 23.5m; retaining side walls (Wth 6.62m; H c. 4m) built of coursed ashlar limestone, with vertical niche for lock gate at E end. W end destroyed when turned into underpass for farm animals during road widening in 1985/6.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO032-021003

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