Survey Data
Reg No
13400305
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1760 - 1820
Coordinates
226225, 290652
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge over unnamed river/stream flowing into Lough Gowna, built c. 1790. Roughly dressed limestone spandrel walls, segmental-headed arch with cut limestone voussoirs. Squared rubble limestone abutments and barrel. Rubble stone parapet walls with rendered coping. Rubble stone wing walls continue to the north and south of parapet walls. Concrete weir to north of bridge feeds millrace of former corn mill (Blakely’s Mill) to the northeast. Located to the north of Aghnacliff.
Appraisal
This bridge is simple in form, having only one arch, emphasised by well cut voussoirs. The voussoirs provide textural contrast to the rubble stone walls, and are evidence of the skill of the stonemasons responsible. It survives in good condition, although there is some damage and alteration to the parapet walls. Visible from the approach road to the west, it provides architectural interest to the landscape. The bridge is skewed over the stream/river, which adds to its engineering and technical merit.