COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 6

LOFTUS ARCH

REPORT

At the March 2010 meeting of the Committee, a report on the conservation and essential repair works to Loftus Arch (Roman Arch), Rathfarnham, was requested to be provided to the Committee following completion of the works. These works finished in September 2010.

The attached report sets out the history of the Arch, the identified defects and the scope of the works undertaken and is illustrated with photographs before and after the works were undertaken.

The essential repair and conservation works to the Arch were completed in September 2010. The works have secured and stabilised the masonry and have remedied the primary physical causes of the damage. The roof, rainwater goods and ashlar granite have been conserved. Embedded irons which were too inaccessible and too costly to remove were protected from further corrosion by the installation of a cathodic protection system.

The works were carried out with grant assistance of €27,800 from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government under the Civic Structures Conservation Scheme.