Bridge in Bough, County Monaghan (41400802)

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Double-arch road bridge, built c.1860, carrying road over River Blackwater. Segmental arches with gauged tooled sandstone voussoirs, V-shaped roughly-dressed tooled sandstone cutwaters, having render capping to central pier. Squared masonry to spandrel walls, coursed rubble parapet walls with masonry coping, tooled…

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This simple bridge brings architectural interest to the rural landscape. The rubble stone work is enlivened by tooled sandstone detailing to the voussoirs, string course and cut-waters, which add decorative interest to the bridge. The well-executed arches are evidence of the skill of the stonemasons involved in its construction.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41400802

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Scotstown GAA club website; individual photographer not named, www.scotstowngaa.ie
Maker not stated on source page, curiousireland.ie
Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Allie_Caulfield from Germany, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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