Bridge in Clongowly

Single-arched road bridge over River Glore, built c.1870. Constructed using coursed rock-faced limestone rubble with rusticated rock-faced limestone voussoirs and rusticated coping over parapet. Located to the north of Castlepollard and adjacent to Gilbertstown Mills (west).

A well-built bridge of mid nineteenth-century appearance, which is pleasing feature in the rural landscape to the north of Castlepollard. The good quality heavily rusticated masonry is a typical feature of the many bridges built by Board of Works in the mid-to-late nineteenth-century, particularly between c.1847-60, suggesting that they may have been responsible for its construction. This bridge could be slightly later than this and may have been built as part of a project along with Stonestown Bridge (15400320), which is located a short distance to the west and dated 1877. It represents an important element of the civil engineering Heritage of County Westmeath and is an attractive structure in its own right.