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Ballinglen Bridge

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Ballinglen Bridge
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Ballinglen Bridge in Ballykinlettragh puts a little stone pyramid over the point that divides the river. The water gets two clearly marked ways through; drivers get a narrow bridge and the opportunity to find out who their neighbours really are.

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Two-arch road bridge over river, extant 1838[?]. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls centred on limestone ashlar triangular cutwater to pier having pyramidal capping with lichen-covered rounded coping to parapets. Pair of segmental arches with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on drag edged rock faced cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Ballinglen River with unkempt banks to river.
A narrow bridge representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Mayo with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the rock faced surface finish demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arches making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Ballinglen River.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31301403

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Alex McGregor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Chris-from-mayo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Phonohan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; A McCarron, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Liz McCabe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Steve Edge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Pamela Norrington, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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