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Ballinalack Bridge

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Ballinalack Bridge
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Twin-arched road bridge over River Inny, dated 1874. Now out of use and superceded by a modern bridge to the south. Constructed of coursed squared limestone rubble with rusticated rock-faced limestone voussoirs to arches and rusticated limestone copping over parapet. Projecting V-profile cut water to central pier.…

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Twin-arched road bridge over River Inny, dated 1874. Now out of use and superceded by a modern bridge to the south. Constructed of coursed squared limestone rubble with rusticated rock-faced limestone voussoirs to arches and rusticated limestone copping over parapet. Projecting V-profile cut water to central pier. Located to the northwest of Ballinalack.
A robustly-built and substantial road bridge, which is a pleasing and distinct feature in the rural landscape. The good quality rusticated masonry is a typical feature of the many bridges built by Board of Works in the mid-to late nineteenth-century, suggesting that the board were responsible for the construction of this handsome structure. This bridge replaced an earlier five arch bridge located at this site, at a time when the River Inny was considerably wider at this point (Ordnance Survey Map 1838; Lewis 1837). Ballinalack Bridge is an important element of the civil engineering Heritage of County Westmeath and remains a structure of some picturesque appeal along the main Mullingar to Longford Road.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15400609

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this garden.
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ballinalack HouseHouse · 363 yd

Explorer Tom Ballinalack House has caught my eye in Ballinalack, County Westmeath. I bet a house with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

Ric barracks450 yd

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water pump508 yd

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Ardglass HouseHouse · 1.1 mi

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Fairy HallHouse · 1.3 mi

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Streete CommunityChildren's playground · 4.5 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Chinese GardenGarden · 6.8 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this garden.

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