
What is recorded here
Humpback road bridge (Wth 5.8m; long axis N-S) spanning the Roughty River c. 500m SW of Kilgarvan. Built of random rubble sandstone. Two semicircular arches with tall abuttments and central pier; high pointed cutwater on upstream (E) side of pier appears to extend to c. 1m below the top of the parapet. Parapets and body of bridge heavily overgrown. Underside of bridge has been underpinned using concrete and the parapet coping is also of concrete.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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