Survey Data
Reg No
31310205
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1845
Coordinates
141700, 274778
Date Recorded
13/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch road bridge over river, under construction 1841; extant 1858. "Repaired". Part repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls centred on drag edged tooled limestone ashlar rounded triangular cutwaters to piers having domed pyramidal capping with drag edged tooled cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having lichen-covered hammered limestone rounded coping. Series of three segmental arches with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Robe River with unkempt banks to river.
Appraisal
A bridge representing an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of south County Mayo (Irish Penny Journal 1841 I, 333) with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832)-designed Annies Bridge (1822-6), Rinaneel (see 31310014), confirmed not only by the "sparrow pecked" sheer limestone dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arches making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Robe River.