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What is recorded here

Triple-arch masonry bridge, erected in 1817, carrying the Nenagh to Birr road over the River Camcor. Abutments and piers of regularly laid dressed limestone blocks. V-shaped cutwaters to upstream. String course runs along external faces of abutments and around quoins. Arches of segmental profile. Finely dressed voussoirs. Spandrels and parapets are of randomly laid dressed limestone blocks. Plaque to downstream parapet reads: 'Oxmantown Bridge 1817 Rebuilt 1855'.

This road bridge is an important crossing point within the town of Birr. It is typical of mid nineteenth-century bridge design. The three elongated arches, V-shaped cutwaters and string courses are well proportioned and highly executed. Built originally in 1817 by Michael Downey, and renovated in 1855, Oxmantown Bridge is an important architectural element within Birr.

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