Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Fartamore,kilcreevanty, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fartamore,kilcreevanty
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fartamore Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Fartamore Bridge
- Coordinates
- 53.57557, -8.91497
- SMR number
- GA016-135----
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 bridge was recorded by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as follows: 'Multiple-arch road bridge, built c.1700, over River Clare and flood plain, approximately 200 metres long, with larger segmental arch inserted in mid-nineteenth century. Rubble limestone walls of small stones, and having small round-headed arches. Larger arch of built of squared rubble. End arches of seven middle arches in flood plain have triangular-profile piers to one side. Medieval tower house [GA016-053001-] and earthworks [GA016-053002-] to west of bridge, suggesting that core of bridge might be medieval' (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah accessed 3 April 2017).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 3 April 2017
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.