Bridge over Carnanransy Burn,

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A single-span stone road-over-river bridge, built c.1850, carrying to Gorticashel Road over the Carnanransy Burn. Rock-faced ashlar spandrels, parapets and wing abutments with stringcourse at parapet base. Round-headed arch sprung from abutments has rock-faced voussoirs and a cement rendered soffit. The single-carriageway bridge is tarmac paved and spans a narrow creek with grassy embankments with some mature trees to west.

Walling: Stone / render

Historical information

The presence of a bridge can be deduced from the road crossing the river on the first edition OS map of 1833. However, the current bridge can be dated stylistically to c.1850. It remains uncaptioned through all four editions of the Ordnance Survey.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/6/19/1 – First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/19/2 – Second Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1854)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/19/3 – Third Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1906)
4. PRONI OS/6/6/19/4 – Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1952)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A single-span stone road-over-river bridge, built c.1850, carrying to Gorticashel Road over the Carnanransy Burn. The bridge displays fine masonry and is a visible piece of nineteenth-century industrial heritage. It is one of a series of bridges that remain as a significant remnant of the route and part of the industrial heritage of the district. However, there are other, better, examples listed