Survey Data
Reg No
30401604
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
140576, 262965
Date Recorded
10/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge, built c.1855, over River Clare. Shallow segmental arch of large blocks of limestone, soffit now gunnelled. Walls and parapet of rusticated blocks, with blocks laid flat on parapet as copings. At either end of parapets are semi-circular blocks to define ends of bridge. Plaque inscribed 'John Gill Contractor Galway 1856'.
Appraisal
Milltown Bridge is typical of the drainage bridges built in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is one of the larger of the type and very well constructed.