Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Glenrandal Bridge
Altaghoney, Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of listing
- 2 February 2000
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Glenrandal Bridge, Glenrandal Road, Claudy, Co Londonderry
- Townland
- Altaghoney
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.86633, -7.15075
- Date of survey
- 29 August 1997
- HB reference
- HB01/01/028
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A three semi-circular arch stone bridge. The arches spring from well built stone footings which are topped with a pronounced deep cut stone, chamfered string course. The footings project upstream and downstream to form rounded cutwaters. The string course continues and is finished with a flat top.
The voissoirs are precisely cut approximately 600 by 350mm and support random rubble walls of large and small stones. The parapet is finished with a good stone coping. Each arch is approximately 5 metres span, rock width 6 metres and the overall length 12 metres.
Historical information
The bridge, while not especially mentioned in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs probably dates from c1800.
References:
Primary Sources:
1. OS Map 1st Edition 1831 Co Londonderry 22
2. 'Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.28. Parishes of County Londonderry IX', ed Angelique Day & Patrick McWilliams (QUB, 1995) p4 , p9
Secondary Sources:
J D McCutcheon Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
F. Structural System
Criteria for listing: historic interest
V. Authorship
W. Northern Ireland/International Interest
X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
Evaluation
A fine late Georgian stone three arch bridge making a fine contribution to the landscape of the upper Glenrandal River valley.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.