Survey Data
Reg No
30410204
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
132956, 219490
Date Recorded
26/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Limestone bridge and causeway, built c.1860, over inlet of sea, connecting Tawin Island to mainland. Rubble walls, battered to south-east, and parapet walls with vertical coping stones. Later single-span concrete bridge with concrete parapet walls. Rubble limestone V-cutwaters to north and south elevations.
Appraisal
This causeway is an interesting feature in the landscape, visible as it is from the approach roads. It connects Twain East to Mweeloon, and thence to the rest of the county. Prior to its construction Tawin Island would have been considerably more isolated. It is a notable example of nineteenth-century engineering.