Survey Data
Reg No
22400616
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1770 - 1810
Coordinates
185047, 196875
Date Recorded
06/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Five-arch limestone road bridge over Ballyfinboy River, built c.1790. Rubble walls with dressed voussoirs to round arches and with V-cut-waters to west side of bridge. Southernmost arch is flood arch. Concrete casing to piers. Bridge recently repaired and re-pointed.
Appraisal
An elegant narrow bridge with low arches over the Ballyfinboy river on the south side of the village. The splayed parapet walls and round arches add character to the bridge whose quality of construction has ensured its survival over two centuries.