Bridge in Ardbrennan

Single-arched road bridge over small stream/former millrace built c.1800. Constructed of limestone rubble with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch. Parapet walls capped with vertically aligned stones. Located to the west of Loughanavally.

A well-built small-scale bridge, which retains its early form and fabric. The use of a local building material in the construction of this bridge helps it to blend into its surrounding environment. This bridge is very typical of the many small-scale bridges that were built by the Grand Juries to improve the transport system in Ireland, particularly during the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, a period of relative economic prosperity. This single-arch road bridge is part of the local infrastructure and as such is of social significance. This bridge may be associated with a former corn mill, now demolished, which was sited to the northeast of this bridge. A mill pond is shown adjacent to the west of this bridge on the 1838 map of the area, now silted up. This bridge remains an assuming element of the engineering and transport heritage of Ireland.