Bridge in Cappyroe, County Offaly

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Single-arch masonry canal bridge, built c.1797, carrying accommodation road over the Grand Canal. Located to the west end of the 22nd lock. Parapets of rubble stone with dressed limestone voussoirs to soffit of arch and string course. Humped deck. Segmental profile arch. Jostle stone to south-west pier.

This bridge simple hump-back canal, with a single tooled stone arch with voussoirs and central keystone, is part of a group of canal structures. Together with its adjacent lock, it forms an important group of structures in County Offaly's inland waterways.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14917030

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22nd LockLock · 18 yd

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23rd LockLock · 717 yd

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Site of Balleenlawn ChurchChurch · 1697 yd

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Children's WellSpring · 1.2 mi

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Scurvy WellHoly well · 1.2 mi

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Lady's WellSpring · 1.2 mi

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CastleCastle, motte · 1.6 mi

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Grand Canal WayWalking route · 3.6 mi

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Children's playground4.0 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Father BurbageMemorial · 4.1 mi

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Mick the MillerMemorial · 5.2 mi

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Croghan HillMountain / peak · 6.5 mi

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