Description

KEDDINGTON SOUTH COCKERINGTON
TF 38 NE ROAD (north side)
Willows Lock
8/30 TF 352892
15.4.85 II

Lock. 1767, by John Grundy. Red brick, limestone ashlar
dressings, some timber and cast iron. Lock chamber walls of 4
concave brick sections on each side with timber post between them
which are partially hidden by large ashlar blocks. The tops are
coped with similar ashlar blocks. At either end the exposed
timber beams survive where the original lock gates would have
hung, likewise some of the cast iron fittings. The end sections
of the embankment slope downwards to curved ends and contained
arched brick openings for over shoots. Navigation abandoned in 1924.
This lock is referred to as Carrotts Lock in N Wright, A Guide to the Indus-
trial Archaeology of Lincolnshire p.21.

Listing NGR: TF3529089443

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316395

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