Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Cappauniac (Killardry Par.),Tankerstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappauniac (Killardry Par.),Tankerstown
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cappa Old Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cappa Old Br.
- Coordinates
- 52.41607, -8.00994
- SMR number
- TS075-002----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On River Aherlow which flows W to E. This is a five span bridge, each span is of equal height, with semi-circular arches (N span Wth 4.2m). The road rises across the bridge (L 33.7m; Wth 6.95m between parapets), which is fairly level. There is a parapet on either side (E Wth 0.44m; H 0.9m; W Wth 0.46m; H 0.78m). The upstream, W face has four cut-stone cutwaters and each arch has cut-stone voussoirs with a pronounced keystone. The E face is heavily overgrown with ivy. The arches have roughly cut voussoirs. The original bridge (Wth 4.5m) has been widened. This is clearly visible where the later arches of the extension (Wth 3.35m) to the W are built up against the earlier bridge. The lower courses were keyed into the existing masonry. The bridge extension has clear evidence of plank-centring under the arch which is not visible on the earlier arches. The extension appears to be of mid-late 18th-century date which implies that the original bridge is 17th or early 18th-century in date.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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