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Kilmoney Bridge

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Kilmoney Bridge
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The ordinary view hides the useful part of the story. Central round-headed arch flanked by smaller round-headed arches having dressed stone voussoirs springing from dressed stone block piers.
Triple-arch road bridge built c.1800 over tributary of Owenboy River. Central round-headed arch flanked by smaller round-headed arches having dressed stone voussoirs springing from dressed stone block piers. Triangular stone block cutwaters with rendered coping to west elevation. Rubble stone spandrels with splayed abutment walls to north. Rubble stone parapet walls with rubble stone coping.
Central round-headed arch flanked by smaller round-headed arches having dressed stone voussoirs springing from dressed stone block piers.
A handsome road bridge that exhibits fine craftsmanship in its construction. The finely dressed stone block voussoirs contrast against the rubble stone spandrels adding a pleasing textural variation. It is thought that the bridge was part of a private road that led around Kilmoney Abbey, known as Captain Robert's Bóthareen.

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Central round-headed arch flanked by smaller round-headed arches having dressed stone voussoirs springing from dressed stone block piers.

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