
What is recorded here
Weir Bridge has three arches over the River Nanny, but the middle one is stuffed with grassy rubble. Two are letting the river through; the third has taken up gardening. There’s always one in a family who hears ‘pull your weight’ and buys a shrub.
Limestone triple-arch road bridge over River Nanny, built c.1770, northern arch rebuilt c.1830, latter when river was dredged. Walls and approach walls of rubble limestone. Older arches are round and have dressed voussoirs. Later arch is segmental and has squared limestone blocks to jambs and ashlar voussoirs. Middle arch blocked with grassy rubble limestone walling below impost level to each side, although build-up at east in particular forms embankment that suggests southmost arch may have served millrace.
This bridge is a good example of an eighteenth-century structure that was partly rebuilt a century later when the river was dredged. The different qualities of the arches reflect the eras of their construction and the bridge continues to carry road traffic after two centuries.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30402912
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