bridge

Single-arch road bridge over unnamed stream linking Clooncose Lough (north) and Fearglass Lough (south), built c. 1810. Segmental-headed arch with dressed V-jointed sandstone voussoirs. Squared sandstone abutments and arch barrel. Rubble sandstone spandrel walls and parapets. Parapet walls overgrown with vegetation. Located to the northeast of Ballinamuck spanning border with County Leitrim (west/northwest).

This bridge shows evidence of highly skilled craftsmanship in its sandstone stonemasonry, particularly in the V-profiled dressed voussoirs to the arch and to the arch barrel. It survives in good condition but there is some damage to the parapet walls and the structure is currently largely obscured by vegetation. The use of sandstone for its construction is unusual in the area. Its form suggests that it dates to the late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth century, a time when a great many bridges of this type were constructed in Ireland (many by the Grand Juries). It marks the border between Counties Longford and Leitrim, adding historic interest to its pleasant rural location.