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Glanworth Bridge

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Glanworth Bridge
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Glanworth Bridge
Glanworth Bridge · Photo: The Speckled Bird · CC BY-SA 4.0
Glanworth Bridge This solid 12 arch bridge over the Funshion river at Glanworth north-west of Fermoy, was built in about 1600. Its width is barely wide enough for a cart, let alone a modern car, which suggests it has been little altered since then.
Glanworth Bridge This solid 12 arch bridge over the Funshion river at Glanworth north-west of Fermoy, was built in about 1600. Its width is barely wide enough for a cart, let alone a modern car, which suggests it has been little altered since then. · Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Thirteen-arch slightly hump-backed limestone road bridge over River Funshion, built c.1625, having narrow, unwidened carriageway of 3 metres. Westernmost arch obscured by modern build-up of ground. Random rubble limestone construction, having narrow dressed limestone voussoirs to round arches. Piers built on rock outcropping in river bed. Corbels for support of form work during construction to springing of arches. Rubble limestone V-plan cut-waters to north side. Rubble limestone parapets with remains of vertical stone copings.
This fine limestone bridge spans the River Funshion, close to medieval Glanworth Castle. Its considerable length and well-made round arches make this an impressive crossing of the river. The narrow carriageway is distinctive and a relatively rare example of an unwidened bridge, at just three metres wide. The early date suggested for this bridge lends it considerable importance.

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This fine limestone bridge spans the River Funshion, close to medieval Glanworth Castle.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20809008

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Pictures: E Turk, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; VisionsofthePast, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; CaitNi, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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