Survey Data
Reg No
22204706
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
207141, 151481
Date Recorded
29/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Five-arched road bridge over River Suir, built c. 1800, of roughly coursed limestone construction. Four round arches with cut limestone voussoirs and fifth flat arch is concrete rebuild. Dressed limestone coping to parapets and with V-cutwaters to upstream elevation only.
Appraisal
This bridge is one of a pair of attractive bridges crossing the river Suir. Its construction serves as a reminder of the engineering achievements and the quality of local craftsmanship in the early nineteenth century. The bridge is of solid dressed and roughly coursed limestone construction, with finely executed ashlar voussoirs. The concrete arch represents a rebuilding after it was blown up in the Civil War in the 1920s.