Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Waterford City
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25638, -7.11076
- SMR number
- WA009-005017-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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).
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The National Monuments Service's description
St John's Gate was the principal route from the city to Gaultiere with references attesting its existence in the 15th and 16th centuries (Smith 1746, 188-9). St John's Bridge was the only bridging point of the Pill, and although the present bridge has been expanded, two irregular arches with plain voussoirs on the W side are original. (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 2, 181-2; O'Keeffe and Simington 1991, 138-40)
Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works.
O'Keefe, P. and Simington, T. (1991) Irish stone bridges: history and heritage. Irish Academic Press, Dublin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Tanneryunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Benedictine monksunder 1 mi
- Hospitalunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.