Killygordon Bridge

The saved account records: Seven-arch bridge carrying road over the River Finn and former millrace, built c. 1782, and having V-profile rubble stone cutwaters to piers to both upstream and downstream elevations rising to pedestrian refuges over at parapet level.

The saved account records: Bridge rises from each end (south-west and north-east) to the centre.

The saved account records: Modern concrete underpinning to base of piers.

The saved account records: rubble stone wing walls to either ends of parapets.

Killygordon Bridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This imposing and elegant bridge, of late eighteenth-century date, retains its early character and form, and is an appealing feature in the rural landscape to the south of Killygordon. It is robustly-constructed in good quality local rubble stone masonry, and its continued survival and use stands as testament to the quality of its original construction, and of the skill of the masons involved. The relatively narrow plan, rubble stone construction, and the V-shaped cutwaters to piers that rise to form pedestrian refuges over are all indicative of its early date. This bridge also rises to the centre, which is a… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.