Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34359, -6.26777
- SMR number
- DU018-020040-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Known as Castle Bridge this provided access to Dublin Castle from Castle Street (Bradley & King 1987, 37). Excavations in this area between 1985-6 exposed the outer portion of the Castle moat opposite the outer main entrance, the outer edge of the moat curved in at this point to abut one end of a large rectangular barbican aligned on the entrance (Lynch & Manning 1987, 178) (FMD map 1978, C1; Clarke 2002, 22).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 2 August 2012
References
Clarke, H.B. 1978 Dublin c. 840 - c. 1540: the medieval town in the modern city. Dublin.
Lynch, A. and Manning, C. 1987b Dublin City in Young, Clark and Barry (comp.) Medieval Britain and Ireland. Medieval archaeology 31, 110-92.
Lynch, A. and Manning, C. 1987a Dublin Castle, Royal Exchange Ward. In C. Cotter (ed.), Excavations 1986: summary accounts of archaeological. excavations in Ireland, 17-18. Bray. Wordwell.
Clarke, H.B. 2002 Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 11: Dublin, part I, to 1610. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin.
Bradley, J. & King, H. (1987) Urban Archaeological Survey, Dublin. A report commissioned by the Office of Public works (Unpublished).
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.