bridge

Single-arched slightly humpbacked bridge carrying road over unnamed stream\river flowing into River Finn to the north-east, built c. 1800. Round-headed arch with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs; squared rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Squared and coursed rubble stone construction to spandrels. Rubble stone construction to parapets with cut stone coping surviving in places’ modern stone and blockwork repairs to parapets in places. Tarmacadam deck with grass verges. Located in the rural countryside to the south-west of Killygordon.

This modest single-arch bridge retains its early form and character, despite some modern repairs and alterations, and is a feature of some rustic appeal in the rural landscape to the south-west of Killygordon. It is robustly-constructed in 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 dressed sandstone voussoirs to the arch are of a quality not normally encountered in small-scale bridges. It was probably originally constructed during late-eighteenth century or the first decades of the nineteenth century, a period that saw a great deal of road and bridge-building in Ireland, particularly by the Grand Juries (the forerunners of the County Councils). This unassuming rustic bridge is an addition to both the built heritage of the local area and to the extensive transport heritage of County Donegal.