Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Blarney, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blarney
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92942, -8.57092
- SMR number
- CO062-240----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Remains of bridge over River Blarney to NE of Blarney Castle (9465, 9642) and immediately to E of tower (CO062-239---). Depicted by Beranger between 1750 and 1765 (Harbison 1991b, 44-5) as ruinous with single semicircular arch with crumbling parapet surviving in the river. S abutment very ruinous but appears to be integral part of lower levels of tower.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Caveunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.