Overview
bridge — LATROE is recorded as bridge in Monaghan. Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1858, carrying road over Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Elliptical arch, with rock-faced rusticated sandstone voussoirs and squared rubble stone to soffit.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1858, carrying road over Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway.
People and work
The saved account records: Elliptical arch, with rock-faced rusticated sandstone voussoirs and squared rubble stone to soffit.
How it changed
The saved account records: Margined edge to voussoirs and quoins to arch.
What survives
The saved account records: Rock-faced rusticated platband at impost level running under arch.
Why it mattered
bridge — LATROE matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This modest bridge forms a component part of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Branch of the Great Northern Railway, which opened to Clones in 1858 and closed in 1959. It is articulated and enhanced by rock-faced rusticated detailing to the voussoirs, plat-bands and copings, providing an attractive focal point on the landscape, the rustication to the stone creating an impression of strength and endurance. It is of historical and social significance as a reminder of the development of civil engineering in general and the railway network specifically, bringing about technological advances and social change in Ireland. 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.
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