Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Abbeyshrule, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyshrule
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Abbeyshrule Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Abbeyshrule Bridge
- Coordinates
- 53.58218, -7.65735
- SMR number
- LF023-113008-
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
Spanning the Inny River. Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of Abbeyshrule barony (NLI, MS 719). This bridge, or a replacement stone bridge, was described in 1682 as 'lately built by Robert Chawpen [Choppin] Esqr.’, who is also credited with the construction of a bridge (LF027-045----) at Newcastle (Gillespie and Moran 1991, 209). The present bridge dates from the mid-19th century and has two arches with cut-stone voussoirs rising from a central pier. A blocked-up archway of radially set voussoirs is visible in the E face to the S of the main arches: this may belong to the earlier bridge. The Cistercian monastery (LF023-113----) at Abbeyshrule is located c. 275m to the SSW. (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13402347, last accessed 26 March 2012)
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 May 2012
References
NLI, MS 719 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey of Co. Longford attested by W. Petty under date 1657. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 22 maps with accompanying terriers, 1786-7. Dublin.
Gillespie, R. and Moran, G. (eds.) 1991 Longford: essays in county history. Dublin. Lilliput Press.
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