Moneycarrie Bridge, Brone Road, Garvagh, Coleraine, Co Londonderry, BT51

A three-arch masonry bridge carries a minor road over the Agivey River. The abutments and piers are of squared and rock-faced rubble basalt brought to courses and underpinned with concrete. The spandrels and parapets are of quarried random rubble basalt, also brought to courses. There are pointed/curved cutwaters rising to arch spring level at both ends of the piers, all with dressed sandstone caps which continue as string courses though the arches. Similarly detailed string courses run along the tops of the abutments and wrap around their margined ends. Shallow pilasters rise to the tops of the parapets from the tops of the piers. The bridge’s three equi-sized arches have segmental profiles and sandstone voussoirs. There are two metal tie bars through the extrados of each arch. A dressed sandstone string course runs at crown level along the base of the parapets. The latter are coped with projecting chamfered sandstone blocks and are slightly raised above the pier pilasters. Their terminal piers are similarly raised and project outwards in line with the pier pilasters. There is an indecipherable sandstone plaque in the middle of the road face of the upstream (SW) parapet. Metal bridge name plates have been affixed to the downstream east and upstream west ends of the parapets. The deck carries a 1½ lane road. Setting Rural context with fields to both ends of the bridge.