Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Ardour, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardour
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ardour Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ardour Bridge
- Coordinates
- 53.57804, -9.02739
- SMR number
- GA015-005----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This twin-arched stone bridge spans the NW-SE flowing Black River. The river, which was dry at the time of site visit, now only flows through the N arch. The S arch is partially blocked with earth. The road across the bridge is tarmacademed.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 3 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.