Portlaw Bridge

Three-arch rubble stone road bridge over river and canal, c.1780. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar, cut-stone triangular cut-waters, and rendered coping to parapets. Three segmental arches with squared limestone voussoirs, and rubble stone soffits having lime render over. Sited spanning Clodiagh River and Clodiagh Canal with grass banks to both waterways.

An elegantly-composed bridge that forms an appealing feature on the Clodiagh River and Clodiagh Canal. The traditional construction in unrefined rubble stone serves to assimilate the bridge attractively into the surrounding landscape. The civil engineering heritage significance of the composition is identified by the construction of the arches, which have retained their original form and profile.