Survey Data
Reg No
15701402
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1800 - 1839
Coordinates
286401, 148553
Date Recorded
24/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, extant 1839. Creeper- or ivy-covered walls with overgrown coping to parapets. Single segmental arch between creeper- or ivy-covered battered piers with lichen-spotted granite ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Urrin River with unkempt banks to river.
Appraisal
A bridge representing an integral component of the civil engineering heritage of north County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested not only by the silver-grey granite dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the gentle "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Urrin River: meanwhile, a discreet benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).