Road bridge (Monaghan (Muineachán))

Ireland / Monaghan / Monaghan (Muineachán)
 road bridge, listed building / architectural heritage, 1830s construction
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Single-arch limestone canal bridge, built c.1839, carrying byroad over Ulster Canal and towpath between seventeenth and eighteenth locks. Parapet walls constructed of roughly squared random rubble with heavy flat capping stones having rounded arrises and punch-finished surface. Section of parapet to north-east end reconstructed using concrete blocks faced with rubble sandstone. Projecting square string course separates parapet from spandrels which have same construction as parapet walls. Round arch has punch-finished ashlar voussoirs and arch soffit. Wrought-iron gate over towpath to north-west corner of arch opening.
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Coordinates:   54°15'23"N   6°57'29"W
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