Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Clapper bridge
Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graiguenamanagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54122, -6.95652
- SMR number
- KK029-018008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
In the centre of Graiguenamanagh between Mill Street and Main Street. A clapper bridge (one of two footbridges indicated on the 25-inch OS map) spanning a shallow point of the Duiske River just N of where a millrace joins it from the S. A simple, narrow, five-span bridge (L 24m across the river; av. Wth 0.6m) constructed of local rough-cut granite lintels mounted two abreast on granite upright supports (Farrelly et al. 1993, vol. 1, 157). The bridge may have been associated with Duiske Abbey (KK029-018001-). It is included in Kilkenny County Council’s list of Protected Structures (no. D153). Having fallen into disrepair, it was reconstructed in September 2013, the upright supports being placed in a bed of concrete.
See attached photographs:
KK029-018008-_01 Urban Archaeological Survey, 21 September 1992
KK029-018008-_02 Urban Archaeological Survey, 21 September 1992
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 13 November 2013
References
Farrelly, J., O'Reilly, B., and Loughran, A. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Kilkenny (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.