Survey Data
Reg No
31311607
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1898
Coordinates
105568, 262760
Date Recorded
11/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Three-arch road bridge over river, extant 1898. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced sandstone walls centred on rock faced sandstone ashlar triangular cutwaters to piers having domed capping with lichen-covered tooled cut-limestone rounded coping to parapets. Series of three segmental arches with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Owenbrin River with unkempt banks to river.
Appraisal
A bridge representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of Contae Mhaigh Eo [south County Mayo] with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the Alexander Nimmo (1787-1823)-designed Toombeola Bridge (1827-31), County Galway, confirmed not only by the rock faced surface finish demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arches making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over Abhainn Bhrain [the Owenbrin River]: meanwhile, a discreet benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).