Survey Data
Reg No
22313007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1400 - 1770
Coordinates
209042, 154101
Date Recorded
18/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Eight-arch limestone road bridge over River Suir, built c.1410, rebuilt 1626, retaining elements of earlier bridge, and widened c.1750. Rubble walls, pointed-segmental arches with roughly cut voussoirs and V-shaped cut-waters on the upstream side and with round-headed arches downstream. Splayed caps to piers. Stone parapet and abutment walls. Inscription of 1626 referring to rebuilding of bridge, with armorial carving, at northwestern end of bridge.
Appraisal
A finely-built road bridge, incorporating fabric from the fifteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Holycross Bridge is sited at an important crossing point, within a historic precinct around the abbey. It makes a positive contribution to the village, forming an attractive approach over the River Suir. It contains a fine armorial plaque at its western end commemorating the rebuilding of the structure in 1626.