Survey Data
Reg No
41301007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Aqueduct
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
272884, 342379
Date Recorded
02/12/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Water channel and associated bridges and sluice, built c.1820, built of limestone, and serving as channel between lake at Glaslough and Mountain Water River to north. Deep north to south running channel cut into earth, with rubble stone retaining walls to sluice. Random rubble walls with round arch to bridge to south end of channel, having rubble voussoirs and soffit. Random rubble walls with rubble parapets and round arch with cut-stone voussoirs and rubble soffit to bridge to north end of channel. South parapet of northern bridge is part of demesne wall of Castle Leslie.
Appraisal
This channel and bridges add to the variety of estate structures and features at Glaslough. They were simply designed and robustly built. The channel connected the lake and river, perhaps originally intended to serve a mill, or as an overflow from the lake.