Survey Data
Reg No
11902111
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1785
Coordinates
264724, 215119
Date Recorded
13/11/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch hump back bridge over canal, dated 1784. Part ivy-covered coursed rock faced rough cut limestone walls between coursed rock faced rough cut limestone piers with lichen-spotted cut-limestone coping to parapets. Single segmental arch with margined tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on margined tooled cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Athy Branch of Grand Canal with overgrown towpath to canal.
Appraisal
A bridge representing an important component of the late eighteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Kildare with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the silver-grey limestone dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Athy Branch of the Grand Canal: meanwhile, a much weathered benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).