Survey Data
Reg No
30413307
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Bunnahow Bridge
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
143416, 193108
Date Recorded
18/04/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Two-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1780, over River Carheeny. Rubble walls, piers, abutments and parapets, and dressed voussoirs to round arches, with dressed stone V-cutwater to north elevation. Gateway at west end to Cregg House, comprising square-plan rubble piers with redent metal double-leaf gate.
Appraisal
This is one a series of three neighbouring bridges over the River Carheeny. It serves as a secondary approach to Cregg House and its pair of round arches are a landmark on the Ennis to Galway road, just south of Gort. The variety of stonework adds interest and the wooded setting enhances the site.