Survey Data
Reg No
31309503
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Foot bridge
In Use As
Foot bridge
Date
1863 - 1878
Coordinates
75352, 275928
Date Recorded
21/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Thirty-seven-span "clapper bridge" or footbridge over river, extant 1878, on a cranked L-shaped plan. Sited spanning Bunleemshough River.
Appraisal
A lengthy "clapper bridge" or footbridge erected by John Alexander, Secretary of the Society for the Protection of Rights of Conscience (appointed 1863), not only widely accepted as an important component of the nineteenth-century built heritage of County Mayo, but also surviving as an interesting relic of the so-called "Colony" or "Colony of Jumpers" following the demolition (1927) of the nearby proselytising Bunlahinch Church (Bunlahinch) (1852-3).