Stone gatepost, Belfast:: OS grid J3179 :: Geograph Ireland

J3179 : Stone gatepost, Belfast

3 km from Hyde Park, Ireland

Stone gatepost, Belfast

One of two stone gateposts, at the entrance to the Cavehill Country Park, on the Upper Hightown Road. Very convincing. Approaching from the Horseshoe J3178 : The Horseshoe Bend they look exactly like field gateposts. Part of Squire’s Hill is in the background.

Belfast Castle, estate and the Cavehill Country Park, Belfast :: J3278

Belfast Castle J3279 : Belfast Castle was built between 1868 and 1870 for the Marquis of Donegall. The practice of Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon were the architects but John Lanyon seems to have been the one who produced the design. It and the surrounding estate probably represent the swansong of the aristocracy in the face of the growth and ascendancy of the wealthy manufacturers, merchants and bankers emerging from expanding industrial Belfast. It was presented to the city in 1937.

The Cavehill Country Park adjoins the estate.

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2012

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Grid Square: J3179, 19 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 24 July, 2012
Geographical Context: Boundary, Barrier Park and Public Gardens Suburb, Urban fringe
Subject Location: Irish: J 310 792 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:38.6678N 5:58.2448W
Photographer Location: Irish: J 310 792
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)