What is recorded here

Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1858, carrying Portadown & Cavan Branch of Ulster Railway over road. Coursed rock-faced rusticated limestone to abutment walls, wings, spandrel walls and parapets, having tooled copings to parapets, abutments and tooled string course at impost level. Projecting tapered buttresses flanking arch to each elevation, with rusticated and margined quoins. Segmental arch having rusticated and margined stone voussoirs and brick voussoirs. Round arch opening to culvert to south-east elevation.

The stonework in this piece of railway architecture is indicative of the skill and craftsmanship in stone-working which was prevalent in the closing decades of the nineteenth century. The large buttresses and heavy rustication provide an impression of strength and power, while the elegantly splayed abutment walls are a statement of aesthetic interest in the landscape. A component part of the Portadown & Cavan Railway, the portion between Armagh and Monaghan was opened in 1858 and closed in 1957. Prominently sited at a road junction, this bridge makes a strong impression on the surrounding landscape and is an important reminder of the industrial heritage of the area.

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