Survey Data
Reg No
14933012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1800
Coordinates
251350, 210691
Date Recorded
08/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Four-arch masonry road bridge, built c.1795, over the River Barrow at the border of Counties Offaly and Laois. Random rubble construction. V-cutwaters up and down river. Semicircular arch profile with squared rubble voussoirs.
Appraisal
Kilnahown Bridge is part of the historic infrastructure of the area. Its style is similar to Grand Jury bridges erected in the eighteenth century. It is one of only two four-arched masonry spans in the county. The other bridge is at Bridge Street in Birr.