Reg No
30402405
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
84293, 254046
Date Recorded
26/08/2008
Date Updated
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Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1850, spanning tributary of An Mhoing Bhuí [Muingboy]. Segmental arch with roughly dressed voussoirs and coursed snecked rubble walls and coursed rubble soffit. Rubble stone parapets, copings and end piers. Return walls to ends of bridge.
This is a good example of modest mid-nineteenth-century engineering that forms a vital transport and communication link between the Maumturk and Twelve Pin Mountains. It is aesthetically pleasing and retains its original quality, a testament to the skilled local craftsmanship. The snecked limestone block construction gives the bridge increased strength which is essential as the river is susceptible to flooding.