Colthurst's Bridge
| Colthurst's Bridge | |
| County Cork | |
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| Location | |
| Crossing: | Delehinagh River |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°55’50"N, 8°46’11"W |
| Structure | |
| History | |
| Information | |
Colthurst's Bridge carries a road over the Delehinagh RiverDelehinagh River in County Cork, about two miles north of Coachford village and two and a half miles east of Aghabullogue. The bridge is at the meeting point of the townlands of Carrignamuck, Clonmoyle East and Peake.
The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840), refers to it as a bridge with four arches over the river, and named 'Coulthurst's Bridge', as it was 12 chains (264 yards) 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 voussoirs, corbels on its piers which supported arch-centring during construction, and low pointed breakwaters on its upstream side.[1] Pointed arches were an important feature of later Gothic Revival architecture, and said to be also present at Colthurst's Bridge.[2]
See also
- Carrignamuck (townland)
- Dripsey Castle, Carrignamuck
- Carrignamuck Tower House
- Dripsey Castle Bridge
- Trafalgar Monument, Carrignamuck
- Larchfield House, Carrignamuck