Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB18/17/063

Address :
Bridge School Road Claragh near Clough Downpatrick County Down

Townland:
Claragh

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
06/02/2006 00:00:00

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:
240/3

IG Ref:
J3739 4053

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Rubble built, single span hump-backed bridge of probable pre 1834 construction. The bridge carries the School Road over the Moneycarragh River and is located roughly 2.5 miles W of the village of Clough. It crosses the river at a right angle. The bridge is in rubble fieldstone and has a very pronounced hump. The arch is roughly elliptical. The parapets have concrete copings.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The general lack of engineering sophistication (i.e. the presence of a hump-back an the fact that it crosses the river at a right angle) suggests that this bridge is probably of pre 1830 construction and may be that shown on the OS map of 1834. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/36/1 OS map, Down sh 36, c.1834 2 PRONI OS/6/3/36/2 OS map, Down sh 36, c.1858 3 PRONI OS/6/3/36/3 OS map, Down sh 36, c.1901

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

B. Proportion F. Structural System J. Setting

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Good example of a rubble built, single span hump-backed bridge of probable pre 1834 construction.

General Comments

Date of Survey

07 July 2000