bridge — CARRICKNAMART, DRUMCARN

The saved account records: Double-arched bridge carrying road over small unnamed stream, built c. 1800, having V-profile rubble stone cutwater to the central pier to both the upstream and downstream elevations (north and south).

The saved account records: Round-headed arches having dressed rubble stone voussoirs

The saved account records: rubble stone construction to the arch barrel.

The saved account records: Coursed rubble stone construction to pier, spandrels, and parapets with rendered coping over parapets.

bridge — CARRICKNAMART, DRUMCARN matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This simple but appealing double-arched road bridge retains much its early character and form, and is an appealing feature in the landscape to the north of Raphoe. This bridge is robustly-constructed in local rubble stone masonry, and its continued survival and use stands as testament to the quality of its original construction, and of the skill of the masons involved. The good quality dressed voussoirs to the arches and the cutwater help to elevate this bridge above many of its contemporaries in the area. This bridge probably dates to the first decades of the nineteenth century, a period that witnessed a large… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.