Survey Data
Reg No
41301003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
272886, 342537
Date Recorded
30/11/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built c.1855, carrying disused Monaghan to Armagh railway line over Mountain Water River. Round arch with rock-faced voussoirs and red brick soffit, curving sloping limestone wing walls and sloping buttresses to both elevations. Roughly hewn limestone blocks built to courses. Chamfered cut-stone imposts, chamfered cut-stone string course above arch, to parapets and to copings of wing walls.
Appraisal
This bridge, taking the railway over a river, is part of a fine, well constructed group of similar bridges at Glaslough. It is enhanced by the curving wing walls, which impart a sense of grandeur, and the various cut-stone details.