Windfield Bridge

Four-arch road bridge, built c.1860, over River Shiven. Segmental arches with cut limestone voussoirs to arch rings, coursed random rubble limestone to spandrels. Triangular cutwaters to north-west face with pyramidal copings and ashlar plinths, four-sided ashlar cutwater to south-west arch with stone coping. Random rubble parapet with chamfered cement coping, cement render to inner face of parapet. Random rubble fieldstone walls to adjacent fields.

Constructed of local materials, this solid road bridge carries traffic over the River Shiven and has been part of the local infrastructure for a hundred and fifty years. Once on the main road between Galway and Roscommon, the bridge now serves a minor road adjacent to it. Though altered in the past century, the simply detailed and well executed stonework make this bridge an attractive feature in the landscape.