Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Boolymore,rathcool (duhallow By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolymore,rathcool (duhallow By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathcool Bridge (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.09422, -8.97142
- SMR number
- CO039-238----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Road bridge (Wth 7.44m; long axis E-W) over Rathcool River. Random ashlar sandstone construction with rock-faced finish. Three segmental arches with dressed limestone voussoirs. Bluntly pointed shallow cutwaters of cut limestone on both sides; piered abutments at either end. Roadside section of parapet wall faced with coursed ashlar limestone. Bridge of early-/mid-19th-century appearance. Stone paving in river to S.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.