Oolagh Bridge — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Freestanding single-span humpback road bridge, built c. 1820, spanning the Oolagh River. Camber-headed arch with tooled limestone voussoirs with keystones and dressed rubble stone soffits springing from dressed stone piers. Dressed rubble stone spandrels with rubble stone buttresses, having crow stepped capping flanking arch beneath dressed stone stringcourse. Battered rubble stone abutments to side (north-west, south-east) elevations beneath rubble stone parapet walls with rubble stone coping with recent render repairs. Tarmac road over bridge.

This impressive humpback road bridge spans the substantial Oolagh River, to which the bridge owes its name. The bridge is a fine example of the skill and craftsmanship of early nineteenth-century engineers with an impressive broad span. The contrasting use of tooled limestone to the arch and rubble stone spandrels make for an exiting composition. Further artistic interest is added in the form of a rustic stringcourse and stepped capping enlivens the otherwise functional buttresses.

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