Buildings Office Complex
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Buildings Office Complex
Identifier
VHG0054
Depiction
A circular structure with a stone wall attached, outside of which is a small transportation goods vehicle and a person, feature at the front of the picture. A galvanised roof building, a Nissen hut, wooden shed and a pre-fabricated structure are also visible as well as six motor cars
Description
A main feature of the photograph is a circular stone-like structure, which is likely to be a dovecote – a circular feature appears in the map of Belmount Demesne (Mitchell, J., ‘Queen’s College Galway, 1845-1858’). A wall is attached to the circular structure. An assortment of buildings, comprising one with a galvanised roof; a Nissen hut, a wooden shed and pre-fabricated shed – used by personnel of the Buildings Office are also visible. A probable Buildings Office employee alongside a small motorised transportation truck can also be seen.
Its location is at the North West of the University of Galway Library façade and North East of the Arts Millenium Building, and is now a parking area.
A dovecote is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves (https://slate.com/human-interest/2015).
Its location is at the North West of the University of Galway Library façade and North East of the Arts Millenium Building, and is now a parking area.
A dovecote is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves (https://slate.com/human-interest/2015).
References
Mitchell, James, ‘Queen’s College Galway, 1845-1858’, J. Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 50, p. 66.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/the-history-of-the-dovecote-is-all-about-birds-and-status.html
https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/the-history-of-the-dovecote-is-all-about-birds-and-status.html
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
Patsy Clancy, S.G. Jennings, J. Waddell, ‘Buildings Office Complex’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14487, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1980s
Category
colour
buildings
on-campus
outdoors
Keywords
Dovecote
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/