Survey Data
Reg No
15400901
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Curlingford Bridge
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
261277, 267070
Date Recorded
13/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arched road bridge over Stoneyford River, built c.1800. Constructed using rubble limestone with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs to arches. Rubble limestone coping over parapets. Modern blockwork supporting water pipe to south facing elevation. Located to the west of Clonmellon, on border with Co. Meath.
Appraisal
A well-built small-scale bridge, which retains its early form and fabric. It is well-built using local rubble limestone, attesting to the skillful craftsmanship available at the time of its construction. This bridge is very typical of the many small-scale bridges that were built by the Grand Juries to improve the transport system in Ireland, particularly during the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, a period of relative economic prosperity. The fact that this bridge has three arches hints that it might be slightly earlier in date, perhaps late eighteenth-century in origin. This road bridge is part of the local infrastructure and as such is of social significance. It forms the border with Co. Meath.