Survey Data
Reg No
13315008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1840
Coordinates
224724, 263449
Date Recorded
14/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge over a tributary of the River Inny, built c. 1830. Coursed roughly dressed limestone masonry walls with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs to the round-headed arch. Rounded cut limestone coping to the parapet walls. Located to the southeast of Legan.
Appraisal
This single-arch road bridge is solidly constructed with roughly dressed limestone masonry walls. The bridge serves as a reminder of the quality of the engineering and local craftsmen's skills during to early-to-mid nineteenth century. It probably dates to the early-nineteenth century, a period that saw a great deal of bridge building in Ireland, particularly by the Grand Juries (the forerunners of the County Councils). The rock-faced voussoirs to the central arch suggest that it may have been rebuilt later, perhaps during the mid-nineteenth century. It is an attractive feature in the landscape to the southeast of Legan.