Railway Bridge, Kilroot, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 6FE is a listed building in the Fermanagh and Omagh local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Railway Bridge, Kilroot, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 6FE
- WRENN ID
- fallen-gargoyle-umber
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Constituency
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP: Pat Cullen (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- H 445 255
- Coordinates
- 54.17714, -7.31795
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a railway bridge dating from between 1840 and 1859, located near Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh. It originally carried the embanked former railway line between Clones and Newtownbutler over a one-and-a-half lane road. Only the abutments and approach walls remain, as the bridge span itself was removed above arch spring level.
The abutments are constructed of randomly laid dressed sandstone blocks with tooled edging, and feature stepped, rock-faced quoins. A finely dressed chamfered arch spring course runs along the top of each abutment. The wing walls splay backwards and are built of random rubble with dressed sandstone copings, sloping down to terminate in square piers topped with dressed pyramidal caps.
The bridge formed part of the line between Clones and Lisbellaw, which opened in 1858. It was likely built under the supervision of Sir John Macneill, the engineer for the Dundalk & Enniskillen Railway Company. This company later became the Irish North Western Railway in 1862, which amalgamated with the Ulster and Northern Railways to form the Great Northern Railway in 1876. The railway line closed in 1957. The structure is of industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Railway Bridge, Kilroot, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 6FE sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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