Survey Data
Reg No
40402002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
237078, 310135
Date Recorded
07/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Five-arch stone road bridge, built c.1800, over Carratraw Lough. Squared rubble stone abutments, semi-circular arches, irregular cut-stone voussoirs to arch rings, roughly squared rubble stone to barrel of west aches, concrete arch ring supporting east arches. Spandrels with cutwaters to outer arches and parapet with projecting stone coping.
Appraisal
An attractive and robust road bridge on an historically important site, forming the western connecting bridge between the mainland and the island, Inis Mor, that is fully encircled by Lough Carratraw. The current bridge is likely to have replaced an earlier bridge. Its excellent construction is a reminder of the quality and craftsmanship of stone masons at the time. The bridge is part of the high quality civil engineering hertiage of the county.