Survey Data
Reg No
30401202
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1830 - 1870
Coordinates
90290, 259058
Date Recorded
19/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1850, over stream. Comprising segmental arch with rusticated voussoirs and key stones and having gunnelled soffit. Lightly dressed rubble stone spandrels and parapets with rusticated blocks to copings and buttresses. Tarmacadam road surface to bridge.
Appraisal
This fine example of mid-nineteenth-century engineering demonstrates the variety of bridge construction to be found in Connemara. The varied treatments of the stone creates an aesthetically pleasing effect. The use of rusticated limestone for the voussoirs and copings contrasts with the local rubble stone elsewhere in the elevations.