bridge

Single-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1838. "Repaired". Part repointed coursed or snecked rubble stone walls with rendered rounded coping to parapets. Single round or segmental arch between steel tie plates with lichen-covered repointed sandstone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Clydagh River with unkempt banks to river.

A bridge identified as an integral component of the early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Mayo on account of the connections with the development of the so-called "Central Road" (1820-4) by William Bald (c.1789-1857), cartographer and engineer (appointed 1809), with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the ruby red sandstone dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Clydagh River: meanwhile, a discreet benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).