Survey Data
Reg No
14925006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1800
Coordinates
234031, 217141
Date Recorded
14/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arch bridge, built 1779, over the River Clodiagh. Random rubble construction. V-cutwaters upstream. Arches of semicircular profile. Finely dressed limestone voussoirs. Replacement parapet to south with tubular steel rail on concrete wall. Repaired and altered parapet to north. Plaque reads: 'This bridge [laid?] 1779 Randall Poole Esq Overseer'.
Appraisal
This triple-arch bridge, erected by the Grand Jury in 1779, is a significant part of the architectural heritage of County Offaly. It is one of the few eighteenth-century bridges with both a known builder and date of construction.