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Fountain outside 59 Main Street

Sixmilecross, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fountain outside 59 Main Street, Sixmilecross, Fermanagh and Omagh, 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
Fountain
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Fountain outside 59 Main Street, SIxmilecross, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
Townland
Sixmilecross
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.55728, -7.11765
Date of survey
15 September 1995
HB reference
HB11/20/013

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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)
  • 1901 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · Edinburgh. Scottish Lake District. Index Map: Ireland. (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 fountain with a plain shaped and fluted column, a lions mouth spout and an acorn finial. The column is inscribed 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock'. Top is missing.

Historical information

Water troughs are marked along the street on the 1906 and 1937 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/6/44/6/1 and 2), but no pumps explicitly cited. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 67.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

One of a group of public water fountains in Sixmilecross. This one is missing its top and is therefore not as complete as the other listed ones.

Nearby in the register

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

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