What is recorded here
Arched stone road bridge, built c.1780, spanning Owennayle River. Humped deck with parallel parapets, wing-walls splaying outwards at approach roads. Rubble stone parapets with Scotch copings. Arches not viewed due to overgrowth.
Spanning the Leitrim and Cavan county boundary, this stone bridge is a reminder of the road expansion schemes that were undertaken throughout the country in the late eighteenth century. It humped backed form, narrow width and construction are typical of its time.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40400501
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