Survey Data
Reg No
13400514
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
223852, 287247
Date Recorded
12/06/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge, built c. 1860, over unnamed river/stream flowing into Lough Gowna to the east. East parapet recently damaged and now partially collapsed. West parapet possibly rebuilt c. 1920. Round-headed arch having rock-faced dressed limestone voussoirs with dressed margins. Rock-faced limestone masonry to abutments; squared rubble limestone masonry to barrel. Squared rubble limestone and rock-faced limestone to spandrel walls. Concrete coping over parapet walls. Flight of concrete steps to the southeast side of bridge. Located to the northeast of Drumlish.
Appraisal
A robustly-built small-scale bridge, of mid nineteenth-century appearance, which is a pleasing feature in the rural landscape to the north County Longford. Although the east parapet has been heavily damaged by a recent crash, this bridge retains its early form and character. The good quality heavily rock-faced masonry is a typical feature of the many bridges built throughout Ireland by the Board of Works during the mid-to-late nineteenth century, and particularly between c. 1847 - 60, suggesting that they may have been responsible for its construction. This bridge is similar in form to a number of other bridges in north County Longford, which suggests that it was built as part of a general drainage and/or bridge building programme.