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Railway bridge

Bridgetown Lower,Kilcummer Lower, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Railway bridge, Bridgetown Lower, Kilcummer Lower, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Bridgetown Lower,Kilcummer Lower
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Kilcummer Viaduct (1935)
Coordinates
52.15269, -8.44943
SMR number
CO034-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, to N of Bridgetown Abbey (14381). Bridge carrying railway from top of limestone bluff on E side of Awbeg River across valley. Iron trellis bridge supported on 8 masonry piers. Piers (5.82m x 2.45m; c. 13.35m apart) of coursed limestone blocks with rock-faced finish; taper gently with height, reaching maximum height of over 15m. Abutments overgrown, E abutment atop limestone bluff. Line constructed after Mallow and Fermoy railway incorporated into Great Southern & Western Railway line in 1854; built by Dargan, railway line opened in 1860, closed 1967 (Rowledge 1995, 91) and line removed.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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