Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carlow
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Marked as Burren Bridge
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83552, -6.93268
- SMR number
- CW007-018004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Down Survey (1655-6) map shows stone bridge over Barrow and timber bridge over Burren, both of which appear to have been built before sixteenth century. Present bridges are modern but may be located close to or on sites of original bridges. (Bradley 1989, 5)
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.