Survey Data
Reg No
20907333
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
158584, 74623
Date Recorded
16/06/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Four-arch road bridge, built c.1820, spanning Blarney River, having additional square-headed opening to north-east end spanning former railway line. Segmental-arches with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs springing from rendered piers with V-cutwaters. Rubble stone spandrels and parapet walls with dressed solider capping stones to parapets. Rusticated limestone copping stones to north-east ends of parapets over square-headed railway arch.
Appraisal
This bridge is a solidly constructed example of a nineteenth-century road bridge. The upstream cutwaters were designed to lessen the impact of water on the bridge, thus protecting its structural integrity. The additional square-headed span at the north-west end appears to have been added at a later date to accommodate the Great Southern railway line. It uses cut limestone blocks in its construction, typical of railway bridge building.