Bridge in Aghnagross, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Single-arch masonry railway bridge, built c.1863, by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company on the Roscrea to Nenagh section. Rock-faced limestone blocks randomly laid with rusticated and margined quoins. Segmental arch-ring with rusticated voussoirs. Spandrels and parapets are of roughly faced blocks. Finely dressed string course.

This bridge is one of four other such bridges on this line built in County Offaly by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. It is a well constructed bridge and is finished to a high standard.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14944002

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