Bridge in Barrusheen

Single-arch stone road bridge, built c. 1870, comprising segmental arch with flanking battered buttresses. Elevations of bridge of coursed snecked limestone blocks, voussoirs are of rock-faced cut-stone blocks, soffit is of cut-stone blocks, abutments are of coursed rubble limestone blocks, soffit is of cut-stone blocks. Rock-faced copings to parapets. Tarmacadamed road surface over bridge with recent metal water pipe to east elevation.

This fine example of mid-nineteenth-century engineering is in a good state of preservation. The design is aesthetically pleasing with the contrast between the voussoirs and other parts of the bridge. The battered butresses are an important structural element and also contribute to the distinctive appearance of the bridge.