Post box in Ardscull, County Kildare

What is recorded here

The Post box in Ardscull sits in the old police barracks wall, a dreadful place to entrust a love letter. 'Where were you last night?' 'Thinking of you.' 'We'll need something considerably more precise than that.'

Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with "ER VII" royal cipher and raised crown motif. Set within rubble stone boundary wall of former Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Barracks.

This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important feature in the rural landscape and is prominently sited on the Ardscull crossroads. The raised royal cipher and crown motif is of considerable artistic merit. Its age and survival, however, together with its associations with Ireland as formerly part of the British Empire are of great historical and social importance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11903508

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