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Bridge in Gardens (st. Canice Par.)

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Bridge in Gardens (st. Canice Par.)
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Two-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, reconstructed 1568, incorporating fabric of earlier bridge, 1352, on site. Widened, 1759. Random rubble stone walls with squared rubble stone coping to parapets. Pair of round arches with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and squared rubble stone soffits. Sited spanning…

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Two-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, reconstructed 1568, incorporating fabric of earlier bridge, 1352, on site. Widened, 1759. Random rubble stone walls with squared rubble stone coping to parapets. Pair of round arches with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and squared rubble stone soffits. Sited spanning Breagagh River with rendered retaining walls to river.
A small-scale artefact representing an important element of the long-standing civil engineering heritage of Kilkenny City: a bridge has existed on site since 1207 with the early provenance serving to identify the archaeological significance of the site. Meanwhile the traditional construction in unrefined rubble stone produces an appealing, if subtle textured visual effect in the street scene.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12000007

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • William Carrigan, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Blackdelia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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