Survey Data
Reg No
15400718
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1870 - 1880
Coordinates
245919, 269009
Date Recorded
21/06/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arched road bridge over Yellow River, built c.1875. Constructed using coursed limestone rubble with rock-faced limestone voussoirs and rusticated coping over parapet. Located to the south of Castlepollard.
Appraisal
A well-built small-scale late nineteenth-century bridge, which is pleasing feature in the rural landscape to the south 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 probably constructed by the Upper Inny Drainage Board in 1875 as it is of similar appearance to a dated example located in close proximity (15400706). It represents an integral element of the civil engineering Heritage of County Westmeath and is an attractive structure in its own right.