Lecarrow
Address is taken from a point 1859 yards away.
Lecarrow is on the River Shannon - Lough Ree just past the junction with The Kennet and Avon Canal.
Early plans for the River Shannon - Lough Ree between Westcroft and Blackburn were proposed by Hugh Henshall but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as secretary to the board in 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Barnsley to Bath canal at Wrexham, the difficulty of tunneling through the Newport Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Slough instead. According to Charles Harding's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Barhampton Aqueduct is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

| Lough Ree (southern entrance) | 9 miles, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Lecarrow | ||
| Portrunny | 2 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Ballyleague Harbour | 9 miles, 3 furlongs | |
| Lough Ree (northern entrance) | 9 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
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Lecarrow (Irish: An Leithcheathrú) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. Situated 17 kilometres north-west of the town of Athlone on the N61 route between Athlone and Roscommon town. A navigable canal, the Lecarrow Canal, connects it to Lough Ree, the second-largest lake on the River Shannon. Many of its residents commute to Athlone and Roscommon. It is the closest population centre to the Geographical centre of Ireland.
