Survey Data
Reg No
41402509
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
285906, 316026
Date Recorded
01/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch skewed limestone railway bridge, built c.1849, carrying road over Dundalk to Enniskillen line. Elliptical arch, with rusticated voussoirs, chamfered margined and brush-hammered string course, snecked cut-stone walls having chamfered cut-stone copings to parapet walls, rock-faced rusticated rusticated walls. Skewly-laid red brick vault to soffit. West side infilled, with south end of west parapet removed to facilitate new road parallel to former road.
Appraisal
This is a well-constructed bridge, its skewed geometry with an impressive brick vault to the soffit adding technical interest. The articulation achieved through stone dressing is typical of several railway bridges on this railway line and displays skilled stone masonry in the variety of treatments used. While partially in-filled and now solely providing access to a private house, it is a visual reminder of the Great Northern Railway which closed in the mid-twentieth century.