Survey Data
Reg No
30409706
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1760 - 1910
Coordinates
158137, 224216
Date Recorded
20/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch limestone humpback road bridge over Dooyeriha River, built c.1780, having central river arch and flanking flood arches, now blocked. Central arch rebuilt c.1890, with coursed rock-faced rusticated walls, copings to parapets, segmental arch with similar voussoirs. Lower flanking segmental arches have cut-stone voussoirs. Arch to north has pedestrian opening with cut-stone lintel. Rubble walls to older sections. Remains of medieval towerhouse and bawn to north-east.
Appraisal
This interesting bridge has low arches and rubble walls typical of small rural eighteenth-century bridges, transformed by the addition of a larger central arch, the latter more typical of mid-nineteenth-century engineering developments. The earliest Ordnance Survey map shows a wider river channel, a more meandering route, and large areas liable to floods. Subsequent drainage schemes, presumably linked to the Attymon Junction to Loughrea light railway, altered the course of the river. The bridge is an important element in the landscape and helps to contextualise the surrounding architectural heritage. It is one of two bridges with this name crossing the same river.