Bridge

Bridge in Kilkenny, Ireland, dating from 1565–1570

Two-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, reconstructed 1568, incorporating fabric of earlier bridge, 1352, on site. Widened, 1759. Random rubble stone walls with squared rubble stone coping to parapets. Pair of round arches with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and squared rubble stone soffits. Sited spanning Breagagh River with rendered retaining walls to river.

Type:
Bridge

Period:
1565–1570

Where:
Kilkenny, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.66°N, 7.26°W

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