Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Cullion Bridge
Cullion/ Finnard, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1780 - 1799
- Address
- Cullion Bridge, Cullion Road, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5BA
- Townland
- Cullion/ Finnard
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.22335, -6.23466
- Date of survey
- 28 February 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/14/029
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two small segmental arches carry a minor road over the Clanrye River, here a small stream. Of random rubble with dressed voussoirs, all in granite. Small angled cutwater to each face, rising to arch spring level. Parapets coped with squared rubble blocks. That to north side continues as a field boundary. Road is hump-backed. Soffits heavily repointed with cement.
Historical information
Cited on the 1834 first edition OS 6” map as ‘Cullion Bridge’. Probably of 18th century date.
Primary Sources:
1. PRONI: OS 6” maps, 1st edition 1834, Co Down sheet 47.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This bridge is of little architectural or landscape merit.
Nearby in the register
- 21 Ballykeel RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 9 Cullion RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- House N of 42 Old Newry RoadStoreunder 1 mi
- 27 Ballykeel RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.