Wall & Secondary Entrance Gates, Drenagh Estate, 17 Dowland Road, Fruithill, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 0HP

The boundary wall and secondary entrance gates form part of the Drenagh Estate, located west, south, and east of the main house, encompassing Dowland, Scriggan, and Broad Roads. The wall largely dates from the late 1840s, with some sections added in the 1860s, and incorporates elements of famine relief work. Road realignments have necessitated alterations to the wall’s alignment on Broad Road between Drummond Bridge and Scriggan Road, and on the junction of Scriggan Road and Dowland Road, where sections have been rebuilt to improve sightlines. Where the wall crosses bridges, it is built upon existing parapet walls. Buttresses, shaped as half pyramids, have been added to strengthen the wall along part of Scriggan Road.

The wall itself is constructed of sandstone, varying in quality from roughly squared stone in courses 450mm thick to rubble sections, with squared coping stones measuring approximately 750mm x 125mm, which are flat-topped and have no overhang. The estate boundary is pierced by three sets of gates and associated piers. The Secondary Entrance is located on Dowland Road, opposite a terrace of four, one-and-a-half-storey cottages. This entrance consists of simple wrought iron gates set between ashlar sandstone squared piers, with a single wicket gate incorporated into the estate wall. A narrow gateway exists within the road where it intersects with the former estate boundary near Dromachose old church. Other gates within the estate wall are typically closed with modern farm gates.