Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Garvey's Bridge,
Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Garvey's Bridge,, Dorsey,, Camlough,, Co.Armagh
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.13462, -6.53970
- Date of survey
- 20 February 2015
- HB reference
- HB16/19/017
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
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Double width road bridge with two segmental headed arches over Ummeracam River carrying Garvey's Road. Random-coursed rock-faced stone walling, ashlar voussoirs and rounded concrete coping to road parapets. Cement render to N triangular breakwater.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Double width road bridge with two segmental headed arches over Ummeracam River carrying Garvey's Road. Random-coursed rock-faced stone walling, ashlar voussoirs and rounded concrete coping to road parapets. Cement render to N triangular breakwater.
General comments
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Double width road bridge with two segmental headed arches over Ummeracam River carrying Garvey's Road. Random-coursed rock-faced stone walling, ashlar voussoirs and rounded concrete coping to road parapets. Cement render to N triangular breakwater.
Nearby in the register
- St Oliver Plunkett’s ChurchNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- ROXBOROUGH HOUSEHOUSEunder 1 mi
- UMMERACAM BRIDGEBRIDGEunder 1 mi
- Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C.Church1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.