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Kent Bridge — Fermoy

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Kent Bridge — Fermoy
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Seven-arch limestone road bridge over River Blackwater, dated 1864 and 1865, and built at site of seventeenth-century bridges and of medieval ferry. Coursed rock-faced ashlar piers and spandrels, snecked to parapets having cut-stone copings, chanelled ashlar voussoirs to segmental arches, with cut limestone string course between arches and parapets. Parapets to road having dressed snecked facing. U-cutwaters to piers, with carved limestone caps and imposts, latter continuing as course to underside of arches and to landward abutments, and rock-faced ashlar below. Carved limestone plaque to west parapet wall. Southern three arches accommodate mill race, bounded to north by weir. Rubble limestone approach wall to north side of east parapet marking line of approach to earlier bridge. Wall contains inserted keystone with date 1718, and sandstone overflow arch.

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