Survey Data
Reg No
30405001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
75707, 244498
Date Recorded
13/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch road bridge spanning An Abhainn Mhór [Owenmore River], built c.1820. Ashlar limestone construction with segmental arches and having ashlar voussoirs, pilasters, piers, string course above arches, pointed cutwaters and parapet. Dressed copings to parapets. Corbels at springing level to arch interiors for construction centering. Approach walls comprise irregularly coursed rubble stone construction with rectangular apertures to north-east side.
Appraisal
This road bridge displays skilled local craftsmanship, well executed stonework and attention to detail, obvious in the arches, voussoirs and string course. It is an essential communication and transport link in an area of difficult terrain and few roads, as well as an insight into early nineteenth-century bridge-building in rural Ireland.