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Pump on the Cushendun Road

Tavnaghan, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Pump on the Cushendun Road, Tavnaghan, Mid and East Antrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Pump
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Pump on the Cushendun Road, Cushendall, Co. Antrim
Townland
Tavnaghan
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.99000, -6.21615
Date of survey
15 August 1995
HB reference
HB05/03/035

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1900 map "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · Edinburgh. Scottish Lake District. Index Map: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Scotland - southern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A cow tail closed head lever type pump with a plain spirally decorated column and a fluted cap. It is partially demolished and is situated in a roadside alcove near three semi detached houses.

Historical information

Nothing on the 1903 OS 25 inch map (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/20/1/1), and houses only on the 1920 edition (/2). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pumps no 54.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This partially demolished water pump is a reminder of when drinking water was only available from public places. Its incomplete condition precludes listing. There are other better listed examples.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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