Bridge in Carrownavohanaun, County Galway

What is recorded here

Bridge in Carrownavohanaun shows the road a rough stone face, then reveals beautifully smooth stone inside its arch. A proper hard man until you get underneath and discover he’s had the ceiling done.

Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1869, carrying Ennis-Athenry railway line over road. Currently disused. Segmental arch with rock-faced rusticated voussoirs. Rock-faced rusticated snecked ashlar walls and parapets, with rock-faced projecting copings. Snecked cut-stone soffit.

This simple railway bridge stands as a testament to the skill of stonemasons working on Victorian railway lines. The rock-faced stone gives an overall impression of strength and permanence, contrasting pleasingly with the smooth walls on the inner face of the arch, while the interlocking style of the snecked ashlar walls enlivens its elevations.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30412307

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