Luskin's Bridge
In the Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840), it is named 'Lurkan's Bridge', described as having three arches and on the road from Macroom to Mallow, with a man named Lurkan said to have previously lived in proximity to it.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a double-arched bridge, built c. 1800, and spanning the Dripsey River. A single-span feeder arch is located on the western side. It also has rubble stone v-cutwaters on its north and south elevations, and rubble stone parapet walls with concrete capping. An upstream weir and additional arch were likely built to accommodate a mill race feeding Clonmoyle Mill to the south. The weir and mill race are both depicted on the 1901 surveyed OS Map.
Many surviving bridges in mid-Cork are originally constructed of stone, arched in shape, and late eighteenth or early nineteenth century in date.
See also
References
- ^ "National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Power, Denis; et al. (1997). Archaeological inventory of county Cork, volume 3. Dublin: Stationery Office.