Survey Data
Reg No
20912221
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
141435, 49477
Date Recorded
25/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-span humpback road bridge, built c.1885, spanning former railway line. Square-headed arch with cast-iron lintels and concrete deck, springing from snecked squared rubble stone piers, flanked by battered snecked squared rubble stone abutment to east. English bond red-brick parapets with red brick coping continued to east and west by snecked rubble stone walls with round-headed render coping.
Appraisal
Although no longer associated with an active railway line this robustly constructed bridge with its striking red brick parapet is an interesting feature in the rural landscape. The high quality stonework of its piers and abutments, enlivened by fine stone quoins, is clearly the work of skilled craftsmen. Formerly associated with the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, it is a reminder of the extent of the rail network in the past.