Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Railway bridge
Coolowen,monard, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolowen,monard
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Viaduct (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.93972, -8.52657
- SMR number
- CO063-097----
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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
Straddling steep glen and upper millpond of Blarney river at Monard. Substantial stone railway viaduct, cut stone with prominent voussoirs; seven arches, with piers decreasing in height up side of valley. Built for Great Southern and Western Railway by William Dargan in 1849 (Creedon 1985, 6).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Mill - spade millunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.