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The 1655-6 Down Survey map of the parish of Naul shows 'Paul [Naul] Bridge' crossing the River Elfin [Delvin] on the main route to the N from Swords through Rathbeale via Roganstown, the Naul and Dardistown to Drogheda. On this parish map the bridge is shown to the E of a watermill in Co. Meath in the area where Naul Park House stands today. The terrier of the Down Survey Map of the Parish of Naul recorded that 'ye. River Elfin on w[hi]ch Stands a Mill in Repaire, in the Towneland of the Naule & a Bridge over the Said River' (NLI Ms. 714). At present the River Delvin is crossed by a double-arched bridge which occupies the site of the earlier bridge. This has round segmental arches and dressing on the stonework.
See attached Down Survey Map of the Parish of Naul showing Naul Bridge, Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.
See attached Down Survey Map of the Barony of Balrothery showing 'The Naule Bridg' and watermill on the 'River of Elfin' (Hib. Reg.)
See attached Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin the settlement of Naul (https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/mg74qp03f)
NLI MS 714 National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the county of Dublin, attested by William Petty in 1657, copied by Daniel O'Brien, 1786-1787.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 1 February 2023
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