Ballydrum Bridge
About Ballydrum Bridge
Ballydrum Bridge is one of 3 buildings in Killashee the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Ballydrum Bridge to 1810–1820.
A typically well-built canal bridge, which is a valuable part of the extensive canal-related built and industrial heritage of County Longford. Although humble in form, this structure has a simple and functional elegance.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 13401342 · 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 · 13401342↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Ballydrum Bridge
Killashee
Savage BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)1 km
44th LockRegional rating (NIAH)1 km44th Lock (lock keeper's house)Regional rating (NIAH)1 kmThe Rectory (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH)1 kmThe Rectory (rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house)Regional rating (NIAH)1 kmSaint Paul's Church (Killashee)Regional rating (NIAH)1.4 kmWalls, gates and bridges on the record near Killashee
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Start with 45th Lock in Termonbarry, 3.7 km away. The farthest is Ards Bridge in Keenagh, 5.7 km away.
Questions about Ballydrum Bridge
Is Ballydrum Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 13401342).
Can you visit Ballydrum Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Ballydrum Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1820.
Is Ballydrum 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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