Survey Data
Reg No
16320006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1800 - 1830
Coordinates
312598, 179484
Date Recorded
05/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding four-arch hump-back bridge built c.1820. The bridge is constructed in rubble granite. With triangular cut waters. This bridge carries the main road over the Aughrim River. The bridge links the railway and the later southern developments with the oldest part of the town.
Appraisal
This is a well preserved early 19th-century bridge which helps to create a 19th-century feel to the southern town approach. Two plaques commemorate 'ANNE DEVLIN [1781-1851] FAITHFUL SERVANT OF ROBERT EMMET [1778-1803] KINSWOMAN OF MICHAEL DWYER [1772-1825] HEROINE OF THE RISING OF 1798' and 'ALL THOSE WHO LOST/THEIR LIVES IN THE CAPTURE OF AUGHRIM/BY/GENERAL JOSEPH HOLT'S UNITED IRISHMEN/ON SEPT. 19TH 1798'.