Survey Data
Reg No
14944002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
202529, 188469
Date Recorded
03/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch masonry railway bridge, built c.1863, by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company on the Roscrea to Nenagh section. Rock-faced limestone blocks randomly laid with rusticated and margined quoins. Segmental arch-ring with rusticated voussoirs. Spandrels and parapets are of roughly faced blocks. Finely dressed string course.
Appraisal
This bridge is one of four other such bridges on this line built in County Offaly by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. It is a well constructed bridge and is finished to a high standard.