post box — Monaghan

The saved account records: Wall-mounted cast-iron post box with hinged door, installed c.1875, with banded margin surround, projecting letter slot with raised 'POST OFFICE' insignia, VR royal cipher to upper portion, 'Eagle Range & Foundry, Bernard P.

The saved account records: Walker & Co' foundry stamp to bottom portion.

The saved account records: Set into random rubble boundary wall at roadside at north edge of Monaghan Town.

The official record fixes the place and calls it post box. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

post box — Monaghan matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This letter box is an attractive item of street furniture that represents nineteenth-century mass-produced cast-iron ware. The royal cipher and banded margins enhance this utilitarian object but also recall a time when Ireland formed part of the British Empire. Despite some damage to the upper section of the box, it is a small but excellently designed example of high-quality mass-produced cast-iron. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.