Survey Data

Reg No

20915302


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Social, Technical


Original Use

Water pump


Date

1850 - 1890


Coordinates

95385, 21474


Date Recorded

15/05/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, now disused. Banded shaft, Bamford embossment, fluted head, foliate detail, ram's head bucket grip to spout, and curved cow’s tail handle terminating in ball. Set on concrete plinth and enclosed by painted rendered walls.

Appraisal

This water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, which serves to enliven this otherwise functional object. Water pumps such as this played an important social and functional role in nineteenth and twentieth century Ireland, providing a communal water source for the locality. This water pump makes a positive contribution to the local rural landscape.