Overview
Bensons Bridge — CARRIVETRAGH is recorded as bridge in Monaghan. Double-arch humpback limestone bridge, built c.1800, carrying road over stream. Round arches, having dressed stone voussoirs and gunnelled soffits.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Double-arch humpback limestone bridge, built c.1800, carrying road over stream.
People and work
The saved account records: Round arches, having dressed stone voussoirs and gunnelled soffits.
How it changed
The saved account records: Arch to west now dry and having cement to river bed.
What survives
The saved account records: Arches and central pier reinforced with concrete.
Why it mattered
Bensons Bridge — CARRIVETRAGH matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This simple but well-executed bridge carries a road over a stream, and is representative as such of the improved road network in the early nineteenth century. It also straddles the border between the island's two jurisdictions. Its name, Benson’s Bridge, signifies that it may have a connection to the adjacent windmill, built by Samuel Benson. Tooled stone detailing to the voussoirs and copings provide contrast to the rubble stone walls. 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.
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