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On the Down Survey barony map (1655-6) for Glanarought, a bridge, named 'Roghty bridg', is indicated spanning the Roughty River between the townlands of Caher East and Kilgortaree. The precise location of this bridge is not known. A ford is marked on the 1846 OS 6-inch map in the approximate location of where the bridge is indicated on the earlier Down Survey map. Lansdowne (1937, 102) recorded that the river was crossed by a stone bridge at Cahir [Caher] but that this bridge was destroyed by floods prior to 1764. It was subsequently replaced by another bridge downriver at Gortagass/Gortalinny North, which has also since been replaced by a 19th-century bridge (KE093-102----).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.