Survey Data
Reg No
21904202
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
111328, 128235
Date Recorded
16/07/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-span humpback road bridge, built c. 1870, spanning the River Oolagh. Camber-headed arches with dressed limestone voussoirs, dressed stone block soffits. Springing from dressed stone block piers with bow-fronted tooled limestone cutwaters with tooled limestone capping. Dressed rubble stone spandrels with tooled limestone stringcourse to side below splayed rubble stone parapet walls surmounted by roughly dressed rubble stone coping. Battered dressed stone piers with tooled limestone stringcourse and capping. Dressed stone block abutments to east and west.
Appraisal
This attractive humpback bridge occupies the site of the old Bealaughlee Ford and is a vital element within the local communication network. The bridge displays the great skill and quality of its craftsmen and engineers, with finely crafted limestone arches and well executed walls. Attractive piers and bowed cutwaters utilising tooled limestone greatly enhance the façades of this pleasing bridge.