Overview
bridge — COLGAGH is recorded as bridge in Monaghan. Single-arch stone railway bridge, built 1849, carrying embanked Dundalk to Enniskillen line over roadway to neighbouring corn mill. Round arch having rock-faced rusticated voussoirs and chamfered impost course.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch stone railway bridge, built 1849, carrying embanked Dundalk to Enniskillen line over roadway to neighbouring corn mill.
People and work
The saved account records: Round arch having rock-faced rusticated voussoirs and chamfered impost course.
How it changed
The saved account records: Cut-stone abutments having rock-faced rusticated quoins.
What survives
The saved account records: Splayed buttressing walls with cut-stone copings to embankments.
Why it mattered
bridge — COLGAGH matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The simple form of this bridge, along with the articulation achieved through stone dressing, is typical of several railway bridges on this railway line and displays skilled stone masonry. It is a visual reminder of the Great Northern Railway which closed in the mid-twentieth century. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
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