What is recorded here
A report dated, 27 August 1984, recorded the former presence a single large stone slab or flagstone was used as a bridge to cross the River Gaine at this point but it had been broken up as part of improvement works undertaken on the river (SMR file). This stone slab may have been the footbridge described in 1682 by…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM012-033
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, letsgowiththechildren.co.uk
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
- Kath O’Grady Reilly and John McCauley credited collectively for the article photographs; this frame is not individually attributed, www.westmeathexaminer.ie
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