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Ravarnet River Bridge

Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ravarnet River Bridge, Lisburn and Castlereagh, 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
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Bridge
Address
Ravarnet River Bridge, Legacurry Road, Lisburn, County Antrim
Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.47933, -6.03649
Date of survey
28 May 2010
HB reference
HB19/04/013

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.

A curved three-span humpbacked road-over-river rubble stone bridge, carrying the Legacurry Road over the Ravernet River. The bridge has undergone major and inappropriate works, including concrete footings, replacement of parapets and some voussoirs, and the rebuilding of substantial sections in brick.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.

A curved three-span humpbacked road-over-river rubble stone bridge, carrying the Legacurry Road over the Ravernet River. The bridge has undergone major and inappropriate works, including concrete footings, replacement of parapets and some voussoirs, and the rebuilding of substantial sections in brick.

General comments

Building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.

A curved three-span humpbacked road-over-river rubble stone bridge, carrying the Legacurry Road over the Ravernet River. The bridge has undergone major and inappropriate works, including concrete footings, replacement of parapets and some voussoirs, and the rebuilding of substantial sections in brick.

Nearby in the register

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

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