2006

C7535 : Lion Gate, Downhill Demesne, Seacoast Road, Castlerock

taken 18 years ago, near to Downhill, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Lion Gate, Downhill Demesne, Seacoast Road, Castlerock
Lion Gate, Downhill Demesne, Seacoast Road, Castlerock
Built around 1780 the Lion Gate was the first to be built and then called the West Gate. The B+ listed gate was topped by two heraldic ounces, beasts similar to lynxes or leopards. By the 1970s only one ounce remained and this single remaining 18th century ounce had to be removed in 2005 for safety reasons and the gates are pictured here before the replicas by Corin Johnston were installed in October 2008. The original was taken to a specialist stone conservator in London, where it was restored and used as a model for the new ounces. Gate lodges originally stood on either side of the gateway which were probably erected in 1791. The 1831 OS map shows two lodges but by 1977 only one survived that, despite being listed in 1978, succumbed to road widening by the DoE in the early 1980s.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Jo and Steve Turner and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Country estates Primary Subject: Gateway
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Downhill Demesne [5] · Erected [2] · Seacoast Road [2] ·
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C7535, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 September, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 25 August, 2014
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! C 7568 3564 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:9.7279N 6:48.8019W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! C 7567 3564
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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