Colthurst's Bridge is situated north of

Coachford Coachford () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the north side of the River Lee. The village is located in the civil parish of Magourney. Coachford is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. Coachford owes its n ...

village in

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, Ireland, east of Aghabullogue village, and is depicted on both the 1841 and 1901 surveyed OS maps. The bridge is located at the meeting point of the

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of Carrignamuck,

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and Peake, the

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es of Aghabullogue and Magourney, and lies within the Catholic

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of Aghabullogue. The Ordnance Survey name book (''c''. 1840), refers to it as a bridge with four arches over the Delehinagh River, and named Coulthurst's Bridge, as it was 12 chains () south-west of Mr Coulthurst's property. The Delehinagh River meets with the Dripsey River a short distance to the right of the bridge. The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork describes it as a road bridge with three arches, varying in shape and width, but generally semicircular. The bridge was said to possess dressed sandstone

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s, corbels on its piers which supported arch-centring during construction, and low pointed breakwaters on its upstream side. Pointed arches were an important feature of later Gothic Revival architecture, and said to be also present at Colthurst's Bridge.

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1841 surveyed OS map (maps.osi.ie)

1901 surveyed OS map (maps.osi.ie)

acrheritage.info
Bridges in County Cork

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