Survey Data
Reg No
14917030
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1800
Coordinates
240829, 225684
Date Recorded
04/02/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch masonry canal bridge, built c.1797, carrying accommodation road over the Grand Canal. Located to the west end of the 22nd lock. Parapets of rubble stone with dressed limestone voussoirs to soffit of arch and string course. Humped deck. Segmental profile arch. Jostle stone to south-west pier.
Appraisal
This bridge simple hump-back canal, with a single tooled stone arch with voussoirs and central keystone, is part of a group of canal structures. Together with its adjacent lock, it forms an important group of structures in County Offaly's inland waterways.