Torc Old Bridge, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In woodland, on the old Killarney-Kenmare Road which is now a pedestrian trackway. The bridge (Wth 4.7m; long axis E-W) is built of random rubble and its single semental arch (span c. 5.5m) with roughly shaped voussoirs spans the Owengarriff River. There is a concrete weir on the downstream side. Torc New Bridge (KE074-036----) is c. 1km to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE074-037

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