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Bridge

Knocknashee,Warren Or Drum, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bridge, Knocknashee, Warren Or Drum, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knocknashee,Warren Or Drum
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.97405, -8.29563
SMR number
RO006-068007-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Spanning the S-N Boyle River (Wth 26m), just E of Boyle Abbey (RO006-068005-). There are no references to a bridge in relation to to the abbey, but a bridge at this point is indicated here in a Down Survey map of the province of Connaught, and the bridge is marked on a map of 1714. The bridge remains unchanged since a Grosse illustration of 1791, apart from the removal of toll booths at either end. (O'Keefe and Simington 1991, 132-4)
A bridge (Wth 6.2m; L c. 30m ENE-WSW) of five arches (Wth 2.5m; H 2.2m), apparently built in one piece with undressed voussoirs, although the arches have been conserved with cement. There are breakwaters (H 2.7m), but no refuges on the upstream side.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

O'Keeffe, P. and Simington, T. 1991 Irish stone bridges: history and heritage. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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