Survey Data
Reg No
30403701
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
80250, 247495
Date Recorded
27/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone bridge over An Abhainn Mhór [Owenmore or Ballynahinch River], built c.1830. Rusticated voussoirs to segmental arch, rusticated coursed walls and gunnelled soffit. Short stepped-plan ashlar buttresses flanking arch and having quarter-domes to corners. String course to base of parapets with coursed tooled copings and with recent concrete repairwork to north-west end of south-west elevation and to middle of opposite elevation. Rubble copings to flanking approach walls.
Appraisal
This elegant road bridge crosses An Abhainn Mhór [Owenmore or Ballynahinch River] at a stretch known as the canal. It is an important part of the communication network between Galway and Clifden on the route originally known as the New Centre Connemara Road, designed by Alexander Nimmo. The structure displays a variety of stoneworking techniques and the short buttresses are particularly well crafted.