What is recorded here
Single-arch sandstone road bridge, built c.1850, spanning Owennayle River. Rock-faced ashlar abutments and soffit, segmental arch with rock-faced voussoirs having dressed arrises, rock-faced ashlar spandrels, and parapets and wing walls. Parapet coping of rock-faced blocks. Parapets of equal length with slight splay outwards to both ends.
A well proportioned bridge with an elegant segmental arch and robust massing, emphasised by the rusticated stone detailing. Spanning the Cavan and Leitrim boundary, the bridge is a key feature of the civil engineering heritage of the locality. Its expertly constructed stonework demonstrates the technical skill employed in infrastructural projects in Ireland at the time.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40400502
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