Survey Data
Reg No
21401006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Finnihy Bridge
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1650 - 1750
Coordinates
90818, 70939
Date Recorded
06/08/1998
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch bridge over river, c.1700. Now disused. Sited spanning Finnihy River. NOTE: The bridge, originally named Finnihy Bridge after the river over which its crosses, is possibly the same 'high bridge & one arch' described (1758) by Richard Pococke (1704-65). The bridge is now known as Cromwell's Bridge and a nearby plaque suggests that the name "Cromwell" possibly derived from the Irish "croiméal", meaning moustache, or from an amalgam of the Irish "croim" and "maol", translating as stooped and bald, the latter term applied to bridges without parapets.