Survey Data
Reg No
30411506
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1750 - 1790
Coordinates
164910, 207716
Date Recorded
14/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge over River Owenaglanna, built c.1770. Snecked dressed walls and parapets, having tooled copings. Round arch with tooled voussoirs. Battered snecked dressed walls to raised causeway approach road, having lighter-coloured limestone and vertical rubble coping stones.
Appraisal
This road bridge forms a pleasing eyecatcher, being easily visible from the higher slopes of the valley to the north and south. Its simple, unadorned façade highlights the skill of the road builders who constructed the associated raised causeway with its batter, illustrating the tailoring of road and bridge to fit within a challenging landscape. It marks the boundary between three townlands.