- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 41401103
Priests Bridge
Also known as Priest's Bridge
About Priests Bridge
Priests Bridge is one of 66 buildings in Clones the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Priests Bridge to 1790–1810. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This simple but well-executed bridge is representative of the improved road network in the early nineteenth century. It also provides a crossing point on the border between the island's two jurisdictions.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 41401103 · 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 · 41401103↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 10 minutes
Clones · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Priests BridgeStart here
- 2Drumard HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Near Clones: more walls, gates and bridges on the record
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Bellanode Bridge in Bellanode is the nearest, at 15 km. The farthest is Bridge in Butlersbridge, 20 km away.
Questions about Priests Bridge
Is Priests Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 41401103).
Can you visit Priests Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Priests Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1810.
Is Priests 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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