Piers And Wall At The Entrance Gateway To Glencairn

The piers and wall at the entrance gateway to Glencairn, located in St Columb Major, were built in the mid to late 19th century. They are constructed from granite ashlar and feature cast iron railings and gates. The entrance serves as a screen and includes four rusticated square plan piers, each approximately 3 meters high, topped with a modillion cornice and stepped caps that are adorned with urns. The central pair of piers supports a set of cast iron gates, which have trefoil finials on the top rails.

A low battered ashlar wall with moulded coping sweeps forward to the right and left, leading up to the outer piers and is complemented by plain spear-headed railings. This ashlar wall continues to the right as a boundary wall, resting on a rusticated plinth with stepped moulded copings, although the railings have been removed. The boundary wall extends about 20 meters and features one ashlar pier on a battered rock-faced plinth, which has blind panels, a cornice, and a knob finial. The terminal pier is made of rock-faced rubble and has a pyramidal cap.