What is recorded here
According to the Countess of Drogheda (1902-3, 235), the bridge was possibly crossed by the Earl of Essex in 1599, and later by Cromwell on his way to destroy Lea Castle in Co. Laois (LA005-006----). A five-arch bridge (L c. 40m; Wth 4.1m) spans the S-flowing River Barrow, just N of Monasterevin. It is constructed of…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD021-006
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- James Emmans, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.kildareheritage.com
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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