Survey Data
Reg No
15401409
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
265570, 261122
Date Recorded
15/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
A single-arch road bridge over the Lisclogher River, built c.1855. Constructed of snecked/random coursed cut limestone with rusticated limestone voussoirs to arch and rusticated limestone coping over parapet walls. Located to the east of Delvin on small country road.
Appraisal
This bridge is typical of Board of Works designs dating from the 1850-60s with a simple robust and well-constructed character. It represents an important element of the mid to late nineteenth -century civil engineering Heritage of County Westmeath and is quite reminiscent of railway bridges of the same date. Interestingly, this bridge replaced a wooden bridge in the same site (Ordnance Survey Map 1838). The traditional construction local limestone makes a picturesque, if subtle impression in the rural landscape.