Oldbawn Bridge
Oldbawn Road, Tallaght, Bohernabreena
About Oldbawn Bridge
Oldbawn Bridge is one of 4 buildings in Bohernabreena the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Oldbawn Bridge to 1780–1820.
This sturdy single arch bridge, is typical of other Dodder bridges that have been widened for the modern day needs of traffic. As with most bridges, it is best appreciated from the riverbank, and the observer might note the incredible exactness of copy between the west and east elevations.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11215021 · 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 · 11215021↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Oldbawn Bridge
Bohernabreena
More walls, gates and bridges on the record near Bohernabreena
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Just 5.1 km away stands Beaufort College Gates, in Rathfarnham. Rialto Bridge in Dolphins Barn is the farthest, at 7.8 km.
Questions about Oldbawn Bridge
Is Oldbawn Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11215021).
Can you visit Oldbawn Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Oldbawn Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is Oldbawn 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).
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