- Address
- Johnstown
- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 11812018
Johnstown Bridge
Johnstown
About Johnstown Bridge
Johnstown Bridge is one of 16 buildings in Johnstown the National Inventory rates Regional. Johnstown Bridge dates from 1830–1870. 20 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Johnstown Bridge is a fine rubble stone bridge that forms an attractive feature on the Morell River and is one of a small number of bridges on the section of that river that passes through County Kildare. An unusual and attractive feature is the diagonal coping to the parapet wall, added in the late nineteenth century.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 11812018 · 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 · 11812018↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Johnstown · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
10 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Other recorded walls, gates and bridges around Johnstown
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Just 3.1 km away stands Sallins Bridge, in Sallins. The farthest is Alexandra Bridge in Clane, 6.8 km away.
Questions about Johnstown Bridge
Is Johnstown Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 11812018).
Can you visit Johnstown Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Johnstown Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1870.
Is Johnstown 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) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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