Survey Data
Reg No
15319003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1700 - 1740
Coordinates
235678, 239667
Date Recorded
16/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-span road bridge over river Brosna, built c.1720 and new central arch added in 1951. Random rubble construction to early arches to either end (east and west) having rubble stone voussoirs and cut stone coping over parapet walls. Smooth concrete construction to 1950's rebuild with rusticated concrete blocks to parapets having reused cut stone coping over. Cut stone date plaques, one with Irish inscription to southern parapet wall and one with English inscription northern parapet, reading 'Office of Public Works Brosna Drainage Rebuilt 1951'. Located to the west end of Ballynagore village.
Appraisal
An interesting bridge of two distinct phases of construction, which has a graceful form and is a vital part of the local infrastructure for a considerable period of time. This bridge formerly had four arches (Lewis 1837). However, the central two arches were replaced by a modern arch in the 1950s as part of extensive drainage works carried out by the Office of Public Works at the time. The small size of the arches and the form of the voussoirs to the original sections suggests that it is quite early, perhaps early eighteenth-century in date. The sympathetic reuse of the original cut stone coping over the rebuild helps to blend this section in with the original bridge fabric.