Survey Data
Reg No
40906131
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
220941, 407896
Date Recorded
29/11/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arched bridge carrying road over small unnamed stream, built c. 1860. Segmental-headed arch with roughly dressed stone voussoirs; squared rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Squared and coursed rubble stone construction to spandrels and abutments. Rubble stone construction to parapets with rubble stone coping over. Modern repairs in places Tarmacadam deck grass verges. Located in the rural countryside to the south-east of Letterkenny.
Appraisal
This modest small-scale single-arch bridge, of mid-to-late nineteenth-century date, retains its original form and character, and is an appealing feature in the landscape to the south-east of Letterkenny. It is robustly-constructed in local rubble stone masonry, and its continued survival and use stands as testament to the quality of its original construction, and of the skill of the masons involved.