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Bridge

Tristernagh Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bridge, Tristernagh Demesne, County Westmeath, 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
Tristernagh Demesne
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.59871, -7.48197
SMR number
WM011-052----

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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

Situated on wet partially reclaimed grassland at the NE end of a roadway (WM011-049----) known as 'Bohereennamarve' or 'little road of the dead'. This roadway connected Templecross church (WM011-051----) and graveyard (WM011-051001-) 420m to SW to Tristernagh Abbey (WM011-053----) located 160m E of the bridge. The W shore of Lough Iron is 420m to the ENE. Poorly preserved mortared limestone single round-arched bridge traversing a small stream or drain. Poorly drained land with possible fish-pond (WM011-054----) in field immediately to S of bridge. Only a portion of the N and S ends of the bridge survive intact. A bush annotated as 'Doherty's Bush' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map stood beside the bridge but no longer survives.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 18 August 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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