Survey Data
Reg No
30334011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
185875, 231062
Date Recorded
13/04/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch limestone bridge, built c.1780, over eastmost largely dry branch of River Suck, having rubble limestone walls and parapets with rubble coping stones. Dressed limestone voussoirs to segmental arches. Drainage holes towards each end of south elevation. Recent water pipe to front of south elevation. Bridge stands adjacent to medieval Ballinasloe Castle.
Appraisal
This dry bridge is the eastmost of a sequence of three bridges over various branches of River Suck. Its rubble walls contrast with the well wrought arch voussoirs, the latter possibly representing a rebuilding of the bridge. The location of the bridge, next to the medieval castle at Ballinasloe, suggests that this is an ancient crossing place and that the bridge could contain medieval fabric.