Survey Data
Reg No
12307002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
239403, 152282
Date Recorded
06/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch rubble limestone road bridge over river, c.1800, on a slightly curved plan. Random rubble limestone walls with cut-stone triangular cut-waters to piers, and squared rubble limestone coping to parapets. Series of three elliptical arches with squared limestone voussoirs, and rubble stone soffits having render over. Sited spanning Munster River (Kilmanagh Branch) at confluence with mill race having grass banks to river.
Appraisal
A pleasant bridge of somewhat rustic appearance on account of the traditional construction in unrefined locally-sourced rubble stone, a quality serving to integrate the composition attractively into the surrounding rural landscape. Representing an important element of the civil engineering heritage of Kilmanagh the bridge forms an appealing feature on the road leading out of the village to the east.