Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Drumcliff North,Drumcliff South,Drumcliff West, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcliff North,Drumcliff South,Drumcliff West
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Drumcliff Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Drumcliff Bridge
- Coordinates
- 54.32813, -8.50096
- SMR number
- SL008-072001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A bridge is shown in this area on the Down Survey (1654-6) map: no visible evidence for it survives. An inspection in 1991 recorded a structure interpreted as the remains of a bridge on the S bank of the river immediately to W of the current bridge and was described as follows: ‘S shore of river immediately to W of modern bridge. Ruined. Stone bridge only S portion surviving on S bank. (New bridge now in use). This stone bridge is rendered in part but at the corner and for a stretch 3.6m long irregular cut stone can be seen.' This is probably the remnants of the bridge depicted on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1909-12). There is no visible trace of this structure.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 11 March 2014
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