- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21901520
Blackboy Bridge
About Blackboy Bridge
Blackboy Bridge is one of 17 buildings in Cappamore the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Blackboy Bridge to 1800–1840.
This bridge displays the work of skilled craftsmen in the execution of its stone work, especially visible in the cut voussoirs and cutwaters making it visually appealing. Retaining its original form, it highlights the achievements of early nineteenth-century engineering.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21901520 · 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 · 21901520↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Blackboy Bridge
Cappamore
Walls, gates and bridges on the record near Cappamore
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Just 20 km away stands O'Brien's Bridge, in O'Briensbridge-Montpelier. Farthest out is Killaloe Bridge, Ballina, 23 km away.
Questions about Blackboy Bridge
Is Blackboy Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21901520).
Can you visit Blackboy Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Blackboy Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1840.
Is Blackboy 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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