Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Jamestown, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jamestown
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Jamestown Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Jamestown Br.
- Coordinates
- 53.92352, -8.02969
- SMR number
- LE031-082008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Sir Charles Coote had built a wooden bridge (LE031-082007-) connecting Jamestown with Co. Roscommon by 1622-3 which is depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of 1657 and was still extant in 1683. It crossed the River Shannon at the S end of Jamestown, but by 1730 it had been replaced by a stone bridge. The present bridge appears to be a 19th century construction built by the Commission for the improvement of the Shannon Navigation. (Bradley and Dunne 1988b, 22-3).
References
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1988 Urban archaeological survey - county Leitrim. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.