bridge

Single-arched bridge carrying road over small unnamed stream, built c. 1800. Segmental-headed arch with dressed stone voussoirs; squared rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Squared and coursed rubble stone construction to spandrels and abutments. Rubble stone construction to parapets with rubble stone or field stone coping over. Modern repairs in places; repaired parapet to north-west Tarmacadam deck grass verges. Located in the rural countryside to the south-east of Letterkenny.

This modest small-scale single-arch bridge retains its original form and character, and is an appealing feature in the landscape to the south-east of Letterkenny. It is robustly-constructed in local 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 good quality dressed voussoirs to the arch help to elevate this bridge above many of its contemporaries in the county. 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.