What is recorded here
Battle Bridge crossing the river Shannon connecting the county of Leitrim to Roscommon. Situated c. 1km NW of Leitrim village on the road to Boyle, Co. Roscommon. The road is depicted on Taylor and Skinner’s map of Irish roads of 1788 (Andrews 1969, 234). The bridge is described as 'Battle Bridge' in italic lettering…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE027-140
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Suse, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, irisharchaeology.org
- PST Sport (project contractor and publisher); individual photographer not named, pstsport.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
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