Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Glenshane Bridge
Glenshane, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1940 - 1959
- Address
- Glenshane Bridge, over River Roe, Old Glenshane Road, Glenshane T.D., Dungiven, Co Londonderry
- Townland
- Glenshane
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.87647, -6.79955
- Date of survey
- 19 January 2000
- HB reference
- HB02/07/012
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
National Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of Scotland
Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1922 "Ireland - northern section." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A 4 arch bridge of reinforced concrete flat beams on sturdy concrete block piers without parapet walls on the upper reaches of the River Roe. The carriageway is approximately 3.6 metres wide. Each arch is about 2 metres span.
The bridge is on the line of the old Dungiven/Maghera road and is within the confines of Glenshane forest.
Historical information
The present bridge of c1950s replaced a former 3 arch stone bridge and is described in the present and earlier O.S. maps as Glenshane Bridge. It carried the line of the old Dungiven/Maghera Road over the River Roe where it turns west from its source on the slopes of White Mountain. The O.S. Memoirs described the original bridge as “consists of 3 semi-circular arches, 2 being 18 feet in span and the other half that size. It is built of stone and is in good repair”.
IHR No. 2005.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. map 1st Edition 1832 Co Londonderry 25
2. Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland (See 00813)
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
While the present bridge is of little aesthetic interest it is nevertheless of local historic interest as being a river crossing on the former Dungiven/Maghera Road dating from the 18th c. The road, though gated, still exists from Corick Bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Eden BridgeBridge1 mi
- Corick BridgeBridge2 mi
- Bridge over Owenalena BurnDemolished2 mi
- 917 Glenshane RoadHouse3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.