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Old Bridge in Dundalk DemensneAuthor(s): H. G. T.Source: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1958)Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27728954 .

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OLD BRIDGE IN DUNDALK DEMESNE

When levelling ground and excavating in 1958 for foundations for the recent extensions to

Messrs. P. J. Carroll & Co's. factory in Dundalk Demesne, in the area west of the lawn of the old

Demesne House, the diggers came on a wide, low-arched, bridge. The top of the arch was little below the surface of the ground. There was no sign in the

earth at either end of the bridge that any early stream had been filled in, and there did not seem

to be any evidence of the purpose for which the bridge had been made.

At some time after the construction of the bridge it had been cut across at one point and a

round-sectioned brick drain had been made through it. The direction of this was at right-angles to the bridge and it appeared as if it had been connected with the old House. A peculiarity of this

sewer was that instead of the bricks being laid radially they ran lengthwise. The position of this strongly-constructed bridge is very puzzling.

H. G. T.

OLD WOODEN WATER-PIPES AT ACLINT

(The white staff is i yard long. See page 117)

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