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Located at a bend of the W-E Blackwater River where it turns S at Cappoquin. A wooden bridge was built before 1643 by Sir Richard Boyle. It was rebuilt in 1666 (Redmond 1885-6a, 395-6) and is probably the bridge marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map which was removed in 1850. It is not visible at ground level.…

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Located at a bend of the W-E Blackwater River where it turns S at Cappoquin. A wooden bridge was built before 1643 by Sir Richard Boyle. It was rebuilt in 1666 (Redmond 1885-6a, 395-6) and is probably the bridge marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map which was removed in 1850. It is not visible at ground level. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 136-7; O'Keeffe and Simington 1991, 215-17) Killanin, and Duignan, M. V. (1967) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press. O'Keefe, P. and Simington, T. (1991) Irish stone bridges: history and heritage. Irish Academic Press, Dublin. Redmond, G. (1885-6a) Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeoloical remains and legends connected with the western end of the county Waterford, JRSAI, 17, 394-405.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA021-014001

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