Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Agharra, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Agharra
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballynacarrow Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballynacarrow Bridge
- Coordinates
- 53.59201, -7.60996
- SMR number
- LF024-009----
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 which separates counties Longford and Westmeath. Described in 1682 as a stone bridge (Gillespie and Moran 1991, 209), the present structure comprises a central single-arched section, dating from c. 1860, with remnants of earlier multiple-arched bridge(s) to either side at the NW and SE which may incorporate remains dating to the 17th century. (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13402406, last accessed 26 March 2012).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 May 2012
References
Gillespie, R. and Moran, G. (eds.) 1991 Longford: essays in county history. Dublin. Lilliput Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.