Bridge in Owenduff [burr. by.], County Mayo

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Single-arch road bridge over river, built 1829-30; extant 1838. Part tuck pointed coursed cut-sandstone walls between coursed cut-sandstone piers with hammered sandstone rounded coping to parapets. Single segmental arch with drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning An Cartún [Cartron River]…

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A bridge erected to a design by Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832), Engineer to the Western District (appointed 1822; replaced 1831), regarded as an important component of the early nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of Contae Mhaigh Eo [County Mayo] with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the construction in a ruby-coloured sandstone offset by "sparrow pecked" sheer limestone dressings producing a mild polychromatic palette, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over An Cartún [the Cartron River]: meanwhile, a discreet benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31305601

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