Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/05/023

Address :
Ubbernagapple Bridge Glenedra Road Glenedra Feeny Co Londonderry

Townland:
Glenedra

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Bridge

Former Use
Bridge

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
63

IG Ref:
C7125 0005

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

A small semi-circular arch stone bridge. This is a bridge across a small burn with a span of only 1.8 metres. Nevertheless it contributes much to the character of the Glenedra Road. The bridge arch is semi-circular with roughly cut voissoirs. The arch vault passes skew wise across the road and so the parapet walls on each side of the carriageway are not directly opposite each other. The parapet on the upstream side is 12½ metres and on the other side 15 metres long. The parapets are returned at each end to form buttresses, unfortunately the hogsback coping is in insitu concrete. Further the roadway is on an incline and so are the parapets. The walls of the bridge are built of random rubble stonework and on the upstream side,that is to the east, are strengthened by a broad, battered buttress. The soffit of the vault is in random stonework and the bed of the stream layered with stone with drop on downstream side. The bridge is on a straight uphill section of the Glenedra Road.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The bridge could be the original from when the road was constructed in the early 19th cent. However the detail of the returned parapet wall might suggest a later date. It is the same detail as that of Glenedra Bridge (HB02/05/022). I H R No. 2084 References Primary Sources 1. O.S. Map 1830 Londonderry sh. 30 2. John McCloskey, Statistical Reports of Six Derry Parishes 1821, p.74 3. O.S. Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of Co Londonderry X, 1833-34, 1838 Ed by Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams Q.U.B. p.5, 38, 39 Secondary Sources 1. Mallory & McNeill, The Archaeological of Ulster, p. 184-193

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A small rural bridge in an upland area of the Sperrin mountains. The arch and the vaulting are on a marked skew across the roadway. The low stone bridge makes a good contribution to the moorland landscape.

General Comments

Date of Survey

13 July 2000