St Laurence’s Gate

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St Laurence’s Gate is a well-preserved 13th-century barbican and iconic medieval town gate in Drogheda, Ireland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
St Laurence’s Gate canonical 3
St Laurence Gate 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barbican ⓘ
city gate ⓘ
medieval fortification ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Drogheda ⓘ
Medieval city gates in Ireland ⓘ
National Monuments in County Louth ⓘ
constructionMethod masonry ⓘ
coordinateLocation approx. 53.716°N 6.347°W ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel low elevation above River Boyne floodplain ⓘ
functionStartTime 13th century ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Drogheda ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus protected structure under Irish planning law ⓘ
hasPart archway ⓘ
connecting parapet ⓘ
twin towers ⓘ
hasView Drogheda town centre ⓘ
linked to: Drogheda

River Boyne ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Ireland ⓘ
imageDepicts twin cylindrical towers linked by battlemented wall over archway ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
locatedIn County Louth ⓘ
Drogheda ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/Dublin ⓘ
locatedOn eastern side of medieval Drogheda ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Laurence ⓘ
notableFor state of preservation ⓘ
twin-towered barbican design ⓘ
openToPublic exterior ⓘ
partOf historical town defences of Drogheda ⓘ
medieval town walls of Drogheda ⓘ
significantPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
streetAddress St Laurence Street, Drogheda ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor control of access to Drogheda ⓘ
defence of town ⓘ
toll collection (historical) ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Drogheda → hasFeature → St Laurence’s Gate ⓘ
subject linked to: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Drogheda → knownFor → St Laurence’s Gate ⓘ
Drogheda → hasStructure → St Laurence’s Gate ⓘ
Droichead Átha → hasLandmark → St Laurence Gate ⓘ
linked to: St Laurence’s Gate