- Address
- Ratoath Road, Dublin 7
- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50130014
Cardiff's Bridge
Ratoath Road, Dublin 7, Ashtown
About Cardiff's Bridge
The National Inventory rates Cardiff's Bridge Regional, one of 13 in Ashtown. Its record dates Cardiff's Bridge to 1450–1880.
A rare survival of a late medieval bridge in the northern suburbs of Dublin, possibly located on the site of earlier structures. Cardiff's Bridge appears on Rocque's map of 1760, but the name derives from a Norman family, Kerdiff, suggesting that the river crossing has a much earlier origin.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50130014 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50130014↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Cardiff's Bridge
Ashtown
8th Lock, Royal CanalRegional rating (NIAH)500 mH.S. Reilly BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)500 mPelletstown HouseRegional rating (NIAH)600 mSaint Dominic's Secondary School (country house)Regional rating (NIAH)900 mSaint Dominic's Secondary School (church / chapel)Regional rating (NIAH)900 mSaint Dominic's Secondary School (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH)1 kmNear Ashtown: more walls, gates and bridges on the record
Closest of all: Longford Bridge and 10th Lock, Castleknock, 1.3 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo.
Questions about Cardiff's Bridge
Is Cardiff's Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50130014).
Can you visit Cardiff's Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Cardiff's Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1450–1880.
Is Cardiff's Bridge protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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