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Legg Fountain

Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Legg Fountain, 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
No type recorded
Address
Legg Fountain, Legg Park, Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38 9AB
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.71238, -5.81527
Date of survey
20 November 2008
HB reference
HB22/07/004

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1697 · Scotia, Parte Meridionale (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Scotland (Southern part). XIII (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Freestanding splayed plinth containing polished granite insets, no longer a fountain. The park was reconstructed in 1996.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Freestanding splayed plinth containing polished granite insets, no longer a fountain. The park was reconstructed in 1996.

General comments

This structure was surveyed in the first Survey but not listed. It was given a partial record only, during the Second Survey as it is not of listable quality..

Freestanding splayed plinth containing polished granite insets, no longer a fountain. The park was reconstructed in 1996.

Nearby in the register

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

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