This bridge is the largest on the Island and spans a typical Island stream with little water in summer and a fine flow in winter. There are several stories concerning the origin of the name, but all agree that, while it was being built in the 1830’s, a warder in charge of the convict construction gang was murdered. Some versions go on to say that the body was walled up in the Bridge’s masonry, through which the blood seeped, eventually leading to the detection of the crime and the execution of those involved. It is said they were buried in unconsecrated ground, known as “Murders’ Mound” outside the cemetery. There is also some credence to the story that it may have been named by Irish convicts after Dublin’s Bloody Bridge.