Overview
25th Lock — CAPPANCUR is recorded as lock in Offaly. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Canal lock station and mooring posts, built c.1790.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Canal lock station and mooring posts, built c.1790.
People and work
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.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The saved source records: Pair of timber and steel lock gates set in channel with ashlar limestone quay walls.
Why it mattered
25th Lock — CAPPANCUR matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This lock gives an interesting insight to the design and engineering of Irish waterway transport in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It appears to have been restored recently to full working order. The high level of craftsmanship and use of resources indicates the importance of these locks and canals as a much used mode of transport. 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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- The Beeches — CAPPANCURbuilding0.3 miles
- house — CAPPANCURbuilding0.4 miles
- 26th Lock — CAPPANCURbuilding0.5 miles
- farm house — Ballysordbuilding0.7 miles
- Barrow — ditch barrow in Cappancurmonument0.8 miles
- Grave Yard — Cappancurmonument0.9 miles
- Ecclesiastical enclosure in Cappancurmonument0.9 miles
- Church (in Ruins), Grave Yard — Cappancurmonument0.9 miles
- Cappincur Cemeterymemorial1.0 miles
- Grand Canal Waywalk1.0 miles
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