Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Agharinagh,kilgobnet (muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Agharinagh,kilgobnet (muskerry East By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dripsey Br (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.91530, -8.74522
- SMR number
- CO072-122----
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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 3.95m) over Dripsey River. Six semicircular arches (average span 3.1m), reducing gently in size to E; three overflow arches at E end. Rough voussoirs; low pointed breakwaters; corbels on some piers to support centering for arch during construction. Bridge width extended 3.5m to S in similar design with roughly dressed voussoirs. River bed paved beneath bridge. According to local information, bridge blown up in 1920s. Upright stone with bench mark embedded in parapet.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.