Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Railway Bridge
Kilroot, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Railway Bridge, Kilroot, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 6FE
- Townland
- Kilroot
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.17714, -7.31795
- Date of survey
- 27 December 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/02/066
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Remains of a single segmental span carrying the embanked former railway line between Clones and Newtownbutler over a one-and-a-half lane road. Only the abutments and approach walls now survive, the actual span having been removed above arch spring level.
The abutments are of dressed sandstone blocks, randomly laid and with tooled edging. The quoins are stepped and rock faced. A finely dressed chamfered arch spring course runs across the top of each abutment. The wing walls are splayed backwards and are of random rubble, with dressed sandstone copings. They slope down to terminate in square piers, with dressed pyramidal caps.
Historical information
This bridge is on the line between Clones and Lisbellaw which opened in 1858. It was probably built under the supervision of Sir John Macneill, engineer to the Dundalk & Enniskillen Railway Co. The D&ER became the Irish North Western Railway in 1862. In 1876 the INW amalgamated with the Ulster and Northern Railways to form the Great Northern Railway. The line closed in 1957.
Secondary sources:
1. S. Johnson, Johnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland (Leicester, 1997).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Of no special merit.
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