What is recorded here
Six-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1780, over Ahascragh River, with two river arches. Segmental arches having tooled voussoirs to arch rings, and coursed random rubble limestone to wall. Triangular cut limestone cutwaters with triangular ashlar piers to north-west elevation. Concrete reinforcing panels to inner walls of arches, and gunnelling to soffits. Coursed random rubble limestone parapets with drainage openings above keystones of three arches to north-east end, rubble on edge limestone coping. Random rubble limestone walls to adjacent fields.
This handsome road bridge utilises local stone work and exemplifies the skill of local craftsmen in the area. Carrying traffic over the Ahascragh River, this bridge has been part of the transport network of Ahascragh for over two hundred years and is an important part of the historic infrastructure of the area.
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