Survey Data
Reg No
31301801
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1900 - 1905
Coordinates
83778, 325247
Date Recorded
31/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, built 1901; dated 1901. Bypassed, 2003. Now disused. Part repointed tuck pointed coursed or snecked limestone walls with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having lichen-covered mass-concrete rounded coping. Single segmental arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on drag edged rock faced cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Munhin River with unkempt grass banks to river.
Appraisal
A bridge representing an important component of the civil engineering heritage of north County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the earlier Glencastle Bridge (1827-8; see 31301704), confirmed not only by the rock faced dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Munhin River. NOTE: Allegedly replaced the only eighteenth-century bridge (1793; "repaired" 1795) repurposed in the so-called "Central Road" (1820-4; Western People 2002).