Rahan Bridge (Rahan (Raithean))

Ireland / Offaly / Clara / Rahan (Raithean) / Rahan Rd
 road bridge, listed building / architectural heritage, 1850s construction, 1730s construction
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Triple-arch masonry road bridge, built in 1736, over the River Clodiagh, with sigle-arch section, built in 1850, by P.J. Klasen, district engineer. Earlier phase of random rubble with V-shaped cutwaters. Semicircular arches and voussoirs of roughly dressed stonework. Later phase with skew masonry arc. This two-phase bridge is of architectural interest in demonstrating the contrasting construction styles of the mid eighteenth-century and the mid nineteenth-centuries. It is of historical significance as it has date plaques from both periods.
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Coordinates:   53°16'50"N   7°36'57"W
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