Survey Data
Reg No
15400320
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1870 - 1880
Coordinates
247408, 272826
Date Recorded
07/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arched road bridge over River Glore, dated 1877. Constructed using coursed rock-faced limestone rubble with rusticated rock-faced limestone voussoirs and rusticated coping over parapet. Located to the north of Castlepollard.
Appraisal
A handsome and robust bridge, which is pleasing feature in the rural landscape to the north of Castlepollard. The good quality heavily rusticated masonry is a typical feature of the many bridges built by Board of Works in the mid-to-late nineteenth-century, particularly between c.1847-60, suggesting that they may have been responsible for its construction. It represents an important element of the civil engineering Heritage of County Westmeath and is an attractive structure in its own right.