Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Caher West,gortagass, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caher West,gortagass
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cleady Br.
- Coordinates
- 51.89265, -9.53576
- SMR number
- KE093-110----
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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 (long axis E-W) spanning the Cleady River. Built of random rubble sandstone. Five segmental arches with roughly shaped voussoirs; second arch from E spans river with concrete platform on upstream side channelling water under this arch and rendering the others dry. Four low pointed cutwaters on upstream side of piers. Bridge has been extended recently on S side and arches have been underpinned. Upright stone coping visible under recent concrete coping on surviving N parapet.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.