Bridge, Ballypatrick/, Ballyvennaught Tl, Ballycastle, Co.Antrim

A replacement three-arched masonry road bridge erected over the Carey River in 1852. This three-arch bridge is carries a minor road over the Carey River. The right-bank (E) arch is dry in normal circumstances. It is of roughly-squared sandstone rubble throughout with angled cutwaters to arch spring level on both faces. Its three equi-sized arches are of segmental profile with dressed sandstone voussoirs. However, their soffits are of random rubble except for a section of the left-bank one which has been repaired in concrete. A dressed sandstone string course runs across both faces just above arch crown level. The parapets are coped with irregular sandstone stones alternately laid on their flats and edges. The parapets terminate in out-projecting piers which continue down both faces of the bridge as buttresses. The piers are capped with sandstone flags of diminishing size. The abutments and piers are now footed in concrete to minimise undercutting. The bed of the river has also been concreted below the middle and left-bank arch to minimise scouring. It was probably deliberately paved originally for the same reason. There is also a small weir across the river immediately downstream to slow up the water as it passes under the bridge. A pipe is carried across the upstream (S) face. Setting: The bridge is surrounded by fields to all sides. A short distance upstream, on the left bank, are the ruinous remains of water-powered corn and flax mills. Materials: Walling Roughly-squared sandstone rubble Dressings Sandstone