Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Coolnamony Lower, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnamony Lower
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.13345, -7.49495
- SMR number
- LA002-018002-
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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
Over River Glenlahan in mountain valley. Small narrow single-eyed humpbacked bridge (Wth 2.85m) which gives access to seventeenth century house (LA002-18001-) and bawn (LA002-018003-) marked 'Turrets' on OS 6-inch map. Built with rubble sandstone and founded on bedrock. No evidence of plank or wattle centring in the barrel vault of the bridge, the elliptical arch measures 3.85m wide. The size and shape of this structure and its position in relation to the seventeenth century house would suggest a late-medieval date.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.