Survey Data
Reg No
31300605
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1822 - 1829
Coordinates
106680, 339569
Date Recorded
07/03/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge over river, "finished" 1829; extant 1838. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with lichen-covered cut- or hammered limestone coping to parapets. Single round arch with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Glenulra River with overgrown banks to river.
Appraisal
A bridge erected under the supervision of Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832), Engineer to the Western District (appointed 1822; replaced 1831), regarded as an important component of the early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of north County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the "sparrow pecked" sheer limestone dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the lofty "sweep" of the arch making a dramatic visual statement at a crossing over the minor Glenulra River.