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Wattle Bridge

Edergool; Annaghmore Glebe, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Wattle Bridge, Edergool, Fermanagh and Omagh, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade B2
Grade
B2
Type
Bridge
Date of listing
26 October 1995
Date of construction
1820 - 1839
Address
Wattle Bridge, Edergool, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 8GA
Townland
Edergool; Annaghmore Glebe
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.12963, -7.35012
Date of survey
27 December 2000
HB reference
HB12/02/084

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1808 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1808 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1817 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1825 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Wattle Bridge carries a two-lane main road over the River Finn. It comprises three equi-sized segmental arches and is of coursed limestone rubble, brought to courses. The quoins of the abutments and piers are of finely dressed masonry, as are the voussoirs. There are cutwaters to both faces, also of finely dressed masonry blocks, rounded in cross-section, and embellished, at arch crown level, with moulded conical sandstone caps. The abutments and piers are footed in concrete and the arch undersides gunited. Both parapets have been completely rebuilt in the recent past, but the original thin coping flags have been reused.

Historical information

Moll's 1714 map explicitly cites 'Wattle Bridge' at this location, as does the 1834 OS 6" map and subsequent editions. The 1835 Ordnance Survey Memoir notes this road as the mail coach route between Enniskillen and Dublin (via Cavan). Judging by its style of construction, the present bridge was probably of earlier 19th century date.

Primary sources:
1. H. Moll, A New Map of Ireland (1714).
2. OS 6" map, 1st edition 1834, Co Fermanagh sheet 43 (PRONI OS 6/4/43/1).
3. Ordnance Survey Memoir, Co Fermanagh, 1835.
4. OS 6" map, 2nd edition 1857, Co Fermanagh sheet 43 (PRONI OS 6/4/43/2).
5. OS 6" map, 3rd edition 1907, Co Fermanagh sheet 43 (PRONI OS 6/4/43/3).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
F. Structural System
H-. Alterations detracting from building
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A well executed and maintained bridge which also gives character to the landscape hereabouts.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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