Overview
lock — KILLYKEERAGH is recorded as lock in Monaghan. Canal lock on former Ulster Canal, built c.1840. Sluice gates absent and lock no longer in use.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Canal lock on former Ulster Canal, built c.1840.
People and work
The saved account records: Sluice gates absent and lock no longer in use.
How it changed
The saved account records: Cut stone to base of canal to west, openings for ground sluices to side walls, with tooled stone to sill.
What survives
The saved account records: Coursed, peck-dressed limestone and sandstone walls with tooled copings, and lock gate emplacements visible to each end.
Why it mattered
lock — KILLYKEERAGH matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Although its gates are missing, this former lock is an interesting and attractive reminder of the Ulster Canal, which was intended to aid industry and the development of the economy in the area through providing a means of transport for passengers and bulk produce. Constructed of dressed stone, which itself is indicative of the skill and craftsmanship of stonemasons and civil engineers involved in its construction, it is of technical as well as social interest, and provides contextual interest to the adjacent lock-keeper's house as well as being an attractive feature in the local landscape. 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.
Places near here
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- Ballintoppan Housebuilding0.6 miles
- Mapped graveyard — County Monaghanmemorial0.7 miles
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- bridge — Smithboroughbuilding0.7 miles
- Indicated — Liscatmonument0.8 miles
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- Indicated — Killycoghillmonument0.8 miles
- canal (section of) — TEMPLETATEbuilding0.9 miles
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