Bridge in Barradrum, County Westmeath

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Single-arched road bridge over small stream and former mill race, built c.1805. Constructed of dressed limestone with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch. Original coping of narrow stones set on edge over parapets. Bridge located to the south of the village of…

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A well-built and attractive small-scale bridge, which retains its early form and fabric. This bridge is very typical of the many small-scale bridges that were built by the Grand Juries to improve the transport system in Ireland, particularly during the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, a period of relative economic prosperity. This bridge may have some relationship to the former saw mill (15400202) adjacent to the southeast This single-arch road bridge is part of the local infrastructure and as such is of social significance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15400202

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