Overview
Killyran Bridge is recorded as bridge in Cavan. Triple-arch stone bridge, built c.1885, over former railway lines. Rock-faced ashlar elevations, rubble-stone piers abutments and soffits.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Triple-arch stone bridge, built c.1885, over former railway lines.
People and work
The saved account records: Rock-faced ashlar elevations, rubble-stone piers abutments and soffits.
How it changed
The saved account records: Segmental arch ring of rock-faced voussoirs, random squared rubble spandrels and parapet.
What survives
The saved account records: Buttresses to both ends, projecting rock-faced coping stones, square ends to parapet.
Why it mattered
Killyran Bridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The Cavan and Leitrim Railway was a narrow-guage line that operated from 1887 until 1959. This small scale three-arch bridge demonstrates the use of robust masonry, and is typical of the bridges along the railway line. Its separate arches for each track is an interesting and unusual feature of this bridge. It is an important surviving part of the historic railway architecture of the county and makes a significant contribution to the character of its rural setting. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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- Gortacloghermountain0.8 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killymoriartymonument0.8 miles
- Standing Stones — Killymoriartymonument0.8 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killywillinmonument0.8 miles
- County Bridge — CORNAGUNLEOGbuilding0.8 miles
- Giants Grave — Killymoriartymonument0.9 miles
- Giants Gravememorial0.9 miles
- Indicated — Ballymagaurancastle1.0 miles
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