Castlereagh Bridge, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Three-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1820, over Island River. Comprises walls of coursed large blocks of squared stone, segmental arches with ashlar voussoirs, and piers having round-plan cutwaters. Parapets capped with flat stones.

This brdge, probably dating from the early nineteenth century, has wide arches and is of neatly dressed stone. It is a good example of structures of the period, is well maintained, and continues to serve the traveller after almost two hundred years.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30400202

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