Survey Data
Reg No
41401247
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1835 - 1845
Coordinates
253187, 326458
Date Recorded
05/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch skew canal bridge, built c.1840, carrying road over Ulster Canal. Round arch with dressed stone voussoirs. Towpath to south abutment. Squared random rubble stone to spandrel and parapet walls, dressed stone platband over arch ring and dressed stone copings to parapets. Parapet walls splayed to each end. West parapet wall broken and replaced with steel bars. Sides overgrown.
Appraisal
Although this bridge is somewhat overgrown and in poor condition, skilled craftsmanship is evident in the tooled stone voussoirs and copings, which greatly enliven the bridge. Linking Lough Neagh with Upper Lough Erne, this section of the Ulster canal opened in 1841 and was intended to provide a means of transport for passengers and bulk produce, thus aiding industry and the economy in the area. This piece of canal infrastructure is reminiscent of the industrial and social history of County Monaghan.