Buttermilk Bridge, Drumrane Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry

A 2 arch stone bridge over the Owenbeg River. Two arches, almost semi-circular, spring from low supporting walls with a slight shelf type springing line. Triangular breakwater with triangular caps curved on the leading edge. Built of random rubble sandstone from the nearby quarries the voissoirs are squared but are much eroded on the arch arris. The soffits of the arch are also of random rubble. The arches span approx. 7 metres and the parapet is 29 metres long with 7 metres between. Parapets curve at the ends where the road bends, to cross the river at right angles. On the S side there is a good flight of steps with metal gate allowing easy access to the riverbank. The parapet coping is of large blocks of stone slightly overhanging the skirting wall. The bridge carried the Drumrane Road over the Owenbeg river at a most picturesque spot on that river where the bank is lined with trees. There is a sweeping meadow on the S side with a broad riverbank. A short distance downstream the Owenbeg River river joins the River Roe.