Survey Data
Reg No
15400706
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1870 - 1880
Coordinates
243716, 269125
Date Recorded
06/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arched road bridge over Yellow River, dated 1875. Constructed using coursed rock-faced limestone rubble with rock-faced limestone voussoirs and rusticated coping over parapet. Plaque on eastern parapet reads "UPPER INNY DRAINAGE/KILTOOM BRIDGE/1875". Located to the southwest of Castlepollard.
Appraisal
A well-built small-scale late nineteenth-century bridge, which is pleasing feature in the rural landscape to the southwest of Castlepollard. The good quality rusticated masonry is a typical feature of the many bridges built by Board of Works in the second half of the nineteenth century. This particular bridge was constructed by the Upper Inny Drainage Board in 1875 and is one of a number of examples in the area built as part of this project. It represents an integral element of the civil engineering Heritage of County Westmeath and is an attractive structure in its own right. This bridge replaced a 'wooden bridge' on the same site (Ordnance Survey Map 1837).