post box — CROOKSTOWN UPPER

The label post box gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.

The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.

The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.

The saved source records: Mounted within stone surround on rubble stone boundary wall of Crookstown Catholic Church.

post box — CROOKSTOWN UPPER matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important feature in the rural landscape and is prominently sited on the boundary wall of Crookstown Catholic Church. The raised royal cipher (and manufacturer's signature) 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. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.