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Rosconnell Bridge

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Rosconnell Bridge
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Three-arch rubble limestone road bridge over river, c.1800. Random rubble limestone walls with squared rubble limestone coping to parapets. Series of three segmental arches springing from rubble limestone advanced piers with tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs, and rubble stone soffits having remains of render over. Sited spanning Ouveg River with grass banks to river.
An elegantly-appointed bridge representing an important element of the late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Kilkenny as identified by features including the construction of the arches. Tooled limestone dressings displaying good stone masonry introduce a refined element at odds with the rustic quality produced by the traditional construction in locally-sourced rubble stone. Incorporating a slightly raised deck the bridge makes a pleasing impression on the aesthetic appeal of the rural landscape.

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