Survey Data
Reg No
14939015
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1790 - 1810
Coordinates
217043, 200887
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch masonry road bridge, built c.1800, carrying road over a tributrary of the River Camcor in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom mountains. Dressed sandstone blocks to abutments with quoins of dressed sandstone. Segmental profile arch. Voussoirs of dressed sandstone. Dressed sandstone string course. Parapets of random rubble and coped with vertically set stones.
Appraisal
Aghagurty Bridge is located on the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, a picturesque part of County Offaly. The bridge spans a deep valley of one of the many streams running down from the mountains. It is well executed and detailed. As part of the historic infrastructure of the area, this bridge is of architectural heritage significance.