Survey Data
Reg No
41301002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
272475, 342425
Date Recorded
30/11/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone bridge, built c.1855, carrying disused Portadown to Cavan railway line over road. Depressed arch with rock-faced voussoirs and red brick soffit, curving sloping limestone wing walls to eastern end of south elevation and western end of north elevation and sloping buttresses to abutments on both north and south elevations. Roughly hewn limestone blocks built to courses. Chamfered cut-stone imposts, chamfered cut-stone string course above arch and to parapet, and cut-stone copings to wing walls.
Appraisal
This well constructed bridge demonstrates good quality masonry typical of railway construction in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is given a sense of grandeur by its curving wing walls, though somewhat overgrown, and is enhanced by the cut-stone imposts and string courses. It is part of an impressive group of similar bridges.