Major Audit set to record Fingal’s historic street elements

Our historic street furniture are often taken for granted. Limestone kerbing is replaced, post boxes updated, pumps removed when no longer in use. However it is these elements that bring character to our streets and roads and reflect our social history. The Historic Street Elements Audit aims, for the first time, to create a comprehensive record of Fingal street furniture.

Fingal Heritage Office, with assistance from the Heritage Council, has commissioned Archaeology Plan to undertake the audit of historic street elements in Fingal https://www.fingal.ie/historic-street-elements-audit . The project aims to identify the location of historic street elements, specifically

Historic kerbing and related stone elements

Historic Water Pumps

Postboxes

Milestones

Other

At the moment we don’t know how many water pumps or lengths of historic kerbing survive in Fingal. One of the outcomes of the project is to establish a baseline record of these elements so we can protect them into the future.

Another important element of the project is the record of the social history of our towns, villages and roads. Do you have photographs of the pumps or postboxes from years ago? Maybe knowledge of kerbing or cobbling that has disappeared from our streets? Or memories of milestones?

The successful completion of the audit is sure to be a significant resource for historians, and the general public.  If you have any information on the location, removal, or condition of historic street elements, Let us know by contacting the team at   [email protected]

The audit will be completed in October 2025 and will be available to the public online. 

For further information, please contact:

Christine Baker - Fingal County Council: [email protected]</span> or 086 778 4669