e.g. are some roman aquaducts still used for their original purpose? Wells that have been in use since antiquity, etc.
Hmmm. Definitely not my field, but this might be useful as a jumping-off point for people who know of older structures. I've been reading about Rome recently and immediately thought of the 128 AD Pantheon, but I believe it fails by two criteria here. It is definitely not the oldest manmade structure that's still in use today, and I think the ancient Romans would be very surprised to hear of its later use as a Catholic church and museum.
However, the Romans turned out to be a pretty good set of people to start with:
I don't know if any of these are the true oldest structures that are still being used for their original purpose, but the list here might be helpful to other commenters in constructing a more accurate account.
Would you consider the pyramids, and the many older tombs scattered across the world, as still fulfilling their original purpose after being excavated? If the purpose is "contain this body", then presumably not; if it is "memorialise this person", then at least those pyramids that can be attributed to a named pharaoh seem to be still "in use".
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Perhaps not what you are looking for, but roads are going to be the oldest structures. You run into a Theseus' ship problem of course, a road that has been patched up time after time can very well not contain its original elements anymore, and if maintenance became sporadic in less prosperous times, it may have been effectively a dirt road for part of its existence - while still being in continuous, albeit less intensive use throughout the times. Roman roads are the obvious example here, but there are hypotheses that these, too, have been built on top of existing road networks in the conquered areas in Western Europe, and that puts their dates of origin a while back still.
There are ancient Roman aqueducts still delivering water to some desert tribes/villages.