What is recorded here
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Built in 1320 by Maurice Jakis and defended by tower house (CW012-070003-). According to Lewis (1837, Vol II, 251), the then bridge had nine arches and may have been, or incorporated parts of, the medieval one. Present bridge is modern. (Bradley 1989, 35)
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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