Roxborough Bridge, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Roxborough Bridge at Ballyclogh, Routagh, wears rough stone between beautifully dressed end pillars. It has mastered the family photograph: put the respectable ones at either end and squeeze the rest of us into the middle.

Single-arch road bridge over the River Ballyclogh, built c. 1820. Elliptical arch with tooled voussoirs. Coursed rubble limestone walls to embankment. Coursed rubble limestone parapet walls with dressed copings. Terminating in rectangular-profile dressed limestone piers.

This single-arch road bridge is a tribute to the skill and engineering of local craftsmanship. The variation in masonry style, from limestone rubble to tooled and ashlar detailing, adds an interesting visual and textural contrast, highlighting the key features of the structure.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21901341

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