Survey Data
Reg No
30412001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
97642, 202871
Date Recorded
08/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1880, having banded cylindrical body, moulded neck, fluted top with moulded spout with ram's head bucket grip and fluted conical cap with fluted finial, and cow's tail pumping handle. Pump set on concrete platform with rubble dry limestone boundary wall and approached by concrete steps.
Appraisal
This water pump formerly provided an essential public water supply at the south end of An Baile Thíos. It is still maintained and forms an atrcative feature at the roadside.