Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Bridge
Doon & Eshcleagh / Tully / Eshnadeelada, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Bridge, Doon & Eshcleagh / Tully / Eshnadeelada, Co Fermanagh
- Townland
- Doon & Eshcleagh / Tully / Eshnadeelada
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.26518, -7.31554
- Date of survey
- 01 October 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/01/073
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1838 map "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1838 · Ireland, north sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1844 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Three flat spans carry a one-and-a-half lane road over a stream. Each span, which is less than 2m in width (and therefore, more properly a culvert), has a flat stone head. The two small piers advance slightly beyond the lintels and have rounded ends. The upper section of the structure is of squared sandstone rubble. The parapet is coped with finely dressed blocks in slightly paler sandstone.
A short distance to the west, two flat spans carry the main road over another stream. The abutments, pier and heads are of concrete. The upper section is of squared rubble with oversailing coping stones.
Historical information
The three-span bridge was formerly a ford, cited on the 1834 OS map. It had become a bridge by the 1859 edition, indicating a mid-19th construction date.
Primary sources:
1. OS 6" map, Co Fermanagh, sheet 35, 1st edition (1834).
2. OS 6" map, Co Fermanagh, sheet 35, 2nd edition (1859).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A typical small-scale bridge of no special merit.
Nearby in the register
- Schoolunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- OutbuildingOutbuildings2 mi
- House2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.