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Buingea Br

Bridge

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Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as road bridge over Buingea River; now disused; standing in reservoir of Lee Valley Hydro-electric Scheme. Sandstone bridge (Wth c. 8.25m); single semicircular arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs, limestone string course. Road surface denuded exposing top of arch. Bridge is mid-19th century in appearance; probably rebuilt when Cork-Macroom Direct Railway line, (which passed c. 100m to SW), was built in 1861-66 (Mulligan 1990, 27).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO083-122

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  • Richard Fensome, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sole Origami, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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