Survey Data

Reg No

20854076


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Tunnel


Date

1900 - 1905


Coordinates

176950, 68627


Date Recorded

19/05/2009


Date Updated

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Description

Railway tunnel, completed 1902, now disused. Rusticated limestone walls having round-headed entrance with redbrick voussoirs and rock-faced limestone keystone. Redbrick soffits forming barrel vault ceiling to interior, with rendered side walls.

Appraisal

An important piece of local civil engineering heritage, this tunnel is a reminder of the extent of the rail network in the past. As part of the train line running from Cork to Monkstown this tunnel was used for thirty years, until the line closure on 10th September 1932.