Overview
bridge — Lecarrow is recorded as bridge in Roscommon. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Single-arch road bridge over disused mill race, built c.1800.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Single-arch road bridge over disused mill race, built c.1800.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The saved source records: Random coursed walls with cut stone voussoirs to arch-ring.
Why it mattered
bridge — Lecarrow matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The stone bridge contributes to the setting of Lecarrow Mill. Though of modest design, the bridge plays an important role in allowing traffic to cross a millrace. Its stone elevations and round-headed arch-ring compliment an adjacent bridge, which is similar in style. 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.
Places near here
- Historic building — Lecarrowbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Lecarrow Millbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Children's playground — County Roscommonattractionunder 0.1 miles
- Portal tomb in Knockanyconormonument0.1 miles
- Megalithic structure in Knockanyconormonument0.1 miles
- harbour/dock/port — Lecarrowbuilding0.1 miles
- Indicated — Knockanyconormonument0.1 miles
- Indicated — Curraghalaher,knockanyconormonument0.1 miles
- St. Johns Well — Knockanyconormonument0.2 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killoymonument0.4 miles
- Indicated — Galeybegmonument0.4 miles
- Grave — Galeybegmonument0.6 miles
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