This one, crossing the Cullavaw stream near Cloonts in County Kerry, does not. It carries a road across a modest watercourse in the rural landscape, and its two arches are unequal in a quietly telling way: the southeastern span stretches to roughly four metres, while the northwestern one closes to around three. That asymmetry, small but deliberate, reflects the practical arithmetic of crossing a stream that does not always stay within its banks.

The bridge is built from random rubble, meaning the stonework is not cut to regular courses but laid with whatever material came to hand, a common and honest approach in rural Irish bridge-building. The arches are segmental rather than fully semicircular, a shape that keeps the roadway relatively flat and limits the rise of the structure above the water. Each arch is formed with voussoirs, the wedge-shaped stones that lock together under their own weight to hold the curve. On the upstream face of the central pier, there is a low pointed cutwater, a projecting wedge of masonry that divides the current and reduces the force of water pressing directly against the pier during floods. To the north, a separate overflow arch sits out on the floodplain, allowing the stream to spread without undermining the main structure. The parapets have at some point been topped with concrete coping, a practical repair that does little for appearance but extends the working life of the stonework beneath. Together these features describe a bridge designed not for ceremony but for the ordinary demands of water and weather in the Kerry landscape.