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Fountain on

None, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Fountain
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Fountain on, Glenarm Road, Carncastle, Larne, Co. Antrim
Townland
None
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.86071, -5.80726
Date of survey
15 August 1995
HB reference
HB06/03/034

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A fountain with a plain shaped fluted column and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. While no inscriptions are visible, it was probably made by Glenfield and Kennedy and installed at the same time as the three on the Coast Road in Ballygalley. It is located on the side of the road near its junction with the Ballygalley Road.

Description at July 2006. As above but has been removed to new position in the centre of the village green

Historical information

Not marked on the 1903 or 1930 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/35/6/1 and 2). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 53.

Moved to noew locatio in the centre of the village green.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This water fountain has been removed from its original nearby position and has therfore lost its historical significant.

Nearby in the register

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

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