Survey Data
Reg No
40403309
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
259498, 292092
Date Recorded
01/08/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arch stone bridge, built c.1800, over river flowing south to Lough Ramor. Round arches of equal size having rendered rubble stone soffit with dressed arch ring of unequal voussoirs. Rubble-stone cutwaters with splayed tops to both faces. Random rubble spandrels, parapets and wing walls. Wing walls retaining approach roads reinforced with recent steel ties and plates to faces. Scotch copings to parapets. Recent concrete addition to abutments and cutwaters with splayed cap.
Appraisal
A prominent bridge on a straight stretch of road, it can also be seen from an approach road to the north and is an interesting addition to the county's civil engineering heritage. It has a simple robust form with three elegant arches set in faces having gentle parapet curves to the top. The verticality of the cutwaters can be read despite the addition of heavy casings to piers and abutments. The bridge is a good example of the quality of design and construction employed in Grand Jury commissioned bridges that were built as part of the considerable expansion of the Irish road network in this period.