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Fairy bridge is a nineteenth-century bridge located in Strabane, County Tyrone. The bridge crosses terrain underlain by psammite and pelite rocks of the Southern Highland Group, metamorphic bedrock formed during the Middle Cambrian period. These durable siliceous and argillaceous rocks provided a stable foundation for the bridge's construction in an era when such geological knowledge informed practical engineering decisions.
The bridge exemplifies Victorian engineering practice, a period when Ireland's infrastructure underwent substantial development. Built to accommodate the movement of people and goods across the landscape of the Foyle valley, such bridges became essential features of the nineteenth-century transport network. The monument's name, preserved in local usage, reflects the folklore traditions of the locality.
The bridge remains a heritage asset protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, Northern Ireland under record number 14521. Its survival represents an intact example of nineteenth-century bridge construction in the region, contributing to the understanding of local infrastructure development during the industrial and post-industrial periods of Irish history.
Fairy bridge. bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14521. View the official record →
Fairy bridge is a nineteenth-century bridge located in Strabane, County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14521.
Fairy bridge. bridge dates from the c19th period, and is classified as a bridge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Fairy bridge. bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14521.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kelkirell, cill chairill, kylchyrryll. church & graveyard (1.7 km), Double stone alignment (2.4 km), Giant's grave. court tomb (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fairy bridge. bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Fairy bridge. bridge stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.