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Crowey Bridge
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Single-arch cut-stone humpback canal bridge, constructed c.1840, on disused canal. Constructed with irregular block-cut limestone walls having granite block copings, with granite string course over arch. Elliptical arch with ashlar voussoirs and soffit. Square-plan corner pier with pointed capstone to south-west…

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Single-arch cut-stone humpback canal bridge, constructed c.1840, on disused canal. Constructed with irregular block-cut limestone walls having granite block copings, with granite string course over arch. Elliptical arch with ashlar voussoirs and soffit. Square-plan corner pier with pointed capstone to south-west corner of bridge. Sited spanning former Ulster Canal with towpath platform running underneath arch to north and remains of grass towpath to east and west. Milestone and two masonry locks to west of bridge.
Crowey Bridge is a fine stone structure spanning the Ulster Canal, a disused waterway running through Armagh, Monaghan, Tyrone and Fermanagh from Lough Neagh to Lough Erne. It is still used for local access. The bridge exhibits good-quality stone masonry and fine, crisp joints, and is of historical and social significance as a reminder of the development of Ireland's canal network. The canal, built between 1825 and 1842, was 74km (46 miles) long, but its 26 locks were built narrower than the other Irish waterways, preventing through-trade, and had an inadequate water supply, falling into rapid decline from the mid-nineteenth century, and abandoned in 1931. This bridge relates directly to a milestone, the 13th and 14th canal locks, towpath, and a mooring bollard to the west.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41401006

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  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  • Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • James O'Neill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sean Davis, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
milestone/milepost71 yd

Explorer Tom Milestone or milepost in Crowey has caught my eye in Crowey, County Monaghan. I bet a milestone/milepost with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

14th Lock and 13th LockCanal (section of) · 114 yd

Explorer Tom 14th Lock and 13th Lock has caught my eye in Crowey, County Monaghan. I bet a canal (section of) with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

mill (wind)666 yd

Explorer Tom Mill has caught my eye in Lisnanore, County Monaghan. I bet a mill (wind) with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

Glebe BridgeBridge · 768 yd

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Children's playground2.0 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Monaghan County MuseumMuseum · 2.2 mi

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Old Cross SquareMonument · 2.4 mi

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Rossmore MonumentMemorial · 2.4 mi

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Dawson MonumentMonument · 2.5 mi

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Battle of ClontibretBattlefield · 5.3 mi

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Keady MonumentMemorial · 8.8 mi

Explorer Tom Here stands the Keady Monument, a sturdy 1871 tribute to local industrialist and politician William Kirk on Market Street.

Keady GlenForest · 8.8 mi

Explorer Tom Keady Glen forest runs parallel to the River Clea, leading towards the Old Mill where the water probably hums a catchy tune.

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