Overview
Ballymacward Bridge is recorded as bridge in Galway. Three-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1800, over unnamed river. Round arches with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch rings.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Three-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1800, over unnamed river.
People and work
The saved account records: Round arches with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch rings.
How it changed
The saved account records: Random rubble stone to spandrel panels and parapets, with coping stones set on edge.
What survives
The saved account records: Random rubble walls leading from bridge along roadsides.
Why it mattered
Ballymacward Bridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This simple bridge enhances the local rural setting and utilises local stone in its construction. The simple masonry work is well executed. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Corn Mill — Whiteparkmonument0.1 miles
- Ballymacward Cemeterymemorial0.2 miles
- Grave Yard — Ballymacwardmonument0.2 miles
- Church in Ballymacwardmonument0.2 miles
- Mapped cemetery — County Galwaymemorial0.2 miles
- Church View — Ballymacwardbuilding0.3 miles
- Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul — Ballymacwardbuilding0.4 miles
- R. C. Chapel — Alloon Uppermonument0.4 miles
- water pump — Ballymacwardbuilding0.4 miles
- handball alley — Ballymacwardbuilding0.5 miles
- Indicated — Carrownea Lowermonument0.5 miles
- Carrownea Ho. — Carrowneamonument0.7 miles
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