- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 41401102
Bensons Bridge
Also known as Benson's Bridge
About Bensons Bridge
The National Inventory rates Bensons Bridge Regional, one of 66 in Clones. Bensons Bridge dates from 1790–1810. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This simple but well-executed bridge carries a road over a stream, and is representative as such of the improved road network in the early nineteenth century. It also straddles the border between the island's two jurisdictions.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 41401102 · 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 · 41401102↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 15 minutes
Clones · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Bensons BridgeStart here
- 2Priests BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
- 3Drumard HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
More walls, gates and bridges on the record near Clones
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Closest of all: Bellanode Bridge, Bellanode, 14 km away. Bridge in Butlersbridge is the farthest, at 20 km.
Questions about Bensons Bridge
Is Bensons Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 41401102).
Can you visit Bensons Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Bensons Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1810.
Is Bensons 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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