Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Woodford Demesne, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodford Demesne
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06005, -7.68462
- SMR number
- LE026-001004-
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
This bridge spanned the county boundary between Leitrim and Cavan. A bridge is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) map of Carrigallen barony connecting Tumanahan (22) (Woodford) with Co. Cavan, close to the castle (LE026-001002-). The precise location of the bridge is not known, but the Ballinamore & Ballyconnell canal will have removed all evidence of a bridge close to the house. The canal has cut off a loop of the river extending N and the bridge may have been here. Cross-reference with CV013-075----.
See the attached view from the Down Survey parish map (N at left) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (NLI, MS 717).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 July, 2017
References
NLI, MS 717 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the County of Leitrim, with attestation by W. Petty and W. Gorkin, dated 1659. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 25 maps with accompanying terriers, 1786-7.
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.