Survey Data
Reg No
40404406
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1770 - 1810
Coordinates
271102, 284098
Date Recorded
02/08/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arch hump backed road bridge, built c.1790, spanning east-west over the Barora River. Wide concrete plinth to piers added c. 1990 with raised floor slabs in outer arches. Random-coursed rubble stone spandrels and parapet with Scotch coping. Segmental arches with regular dressed stone voussoirs and higher central arch, lime-pointed coursed rubble barrel. Rubble stone abutments with dressed V-cutwaters having rounded capstone, all raised on concrete plinth. Raised concrete floor to east and west arches. Random-coursed rubble stone wing walls to approaches set wider than bridge deck, with squared and dressed corner stones.
Appraisal
A good example of a medium-sized eighteenth-century road bridge, combining rubble stone construction with dressed stone arches. Spanning the Cavan and Meath border, the bridge provides physical evidence of the significant development of the road network during the eighteenth century. Its construction demonstates the technology used for road infrastructure in this period, and survies for the most part unaltered. The bridge retains its well-composed historic form and constitutes a significant enrichment of the rural landscape.