Survey Data
Reg No
31310705
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1825 - 1835
Coordinates
95138, 267260
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch road bridge over stream, built 1828-31[?]; extant 1838. Coursed rubble sandstone walls with lichen-covered rendered rounded coping to parapets. Single segmental arch with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning stream with unkempt banks to river.
Appraisal
A bridge erected to a design attributed to Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832), Engineer to the Western District (appointed 1822; replaced 1833), representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of south County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition, one sometimes known as "Gowlaun Bridge", confirmed not only by the "sparrow pecked" sheer limestone dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over a tributary of the Erriff River.