Survey Data
Reg No
40850003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
210842, 367089
Date Recorded
31/10/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arched bridge carrying road over the Termon River, built c. 1860. Segmental arch having ashlar voussoirs to arch ring and ashlar construction to arch barrel. Ashlar construction to spandrels with projecting ashlar stringcourse at road deck level; ashlar construction to parapets having rounded ashlar coping over. Projecting ashlar buttresses flanking arch having rounded cement rendered coping over. Tarmacadam deck. Rubble stone wing walls to either side. Located to the north of the centre of Pettigoe, and adjacent to the south/south-west of Pettigoe Mills (see 40850001).
Appraisal
This appealing and very well-built bridge is an appealing feature in the landscape to the north of the centre of Pettigoe. It survives in original condition, which is testament to the quality of its original construction. The broad span of the elegant segmental arch is of some technical and engineering merit, while the buttresses flanking the arch, the rounded coping to the parapets and the projecting stringcourse at deck level adds additional aesthetic interest. This bridge is constructed using ashlar masonry that is of a quality not commonly encountered in rural bridges. This suggests that it may have been originally commissioned and financed by the Leslie family, the local landlords at the time of construction. This significant edifice is one of a number of fine bridges crossing the Termon River at Pettigoe, and is an important element of the built heritage of the local area. This bridge spans the border between counties Donegal and Fermanagh, and thus the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.