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Bridge in Finnisglin

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Bridge in Finnisglin
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Bridge in Finnisglin packs little stones between the big ones because the river below is prone to flooding. It's built for the sort of quiet neighbour who has two drinks and tries to bring a piano through your fence.

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Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1850, spanning tributary of An Mhoing Bhuí [Muingboy]. Segmental arch with roughly dressed voussoirs and coursed snecked rubble walls and coursed rubble soffit. Rubble stone parapets, copings and end piers. Return walls to ends of bridge.
This is a good example of modest mid-nineteenth-century engineering that forms a vital transport and communication link between the Maumturk and Twelve Pin Mountains. It is aesthetically pleasing and retains its original quality, a testament to the skilled local craftsmanship. The snecked limestone block construction gives the bridge increased strength which is essential as the river is susceptible to flooding.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30402405

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Dr Wotsit, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Michael Earnshaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; dconvertini, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Textman at Dutch Wikipedia ( Original text: Textman ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5; dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alan Reid, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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