Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Railway bridge
Ballyhooleen,gogganshill, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhooleen,gogganshill
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Viaduct (1942)
- Coordinates
- 51.80599, -8.57017
- SMR number
- CO097-074----
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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
Substantial stone bridge built across ravene immediately N of Halfway, consisting of 3-semicircular arches. Construction began 1847 for the Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway (Creedon 1986, 11). Ballinhassig Tunnel to NE built for same line; c. 900 yards long (ibid., 14).
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
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- Moated siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.