Kilmakee Railway Bridge, Dunmurry, Lisburn, Co Antrim

An arched stone bridge carries the main Belfast-Dublin railway over a now-defunct field accommodation a short distance east of Rathmoyne House, on the west wide of the Lisburn Road. The bridge is constructed entirely of ashlar Triassic sandstone except for its abutments and wing walls. The abutments are of squared random blackstone brought to courses. The arch is of semicircular profile and has vee-jointed voussoirs, the outer edges of which are curved with the arch. The soffit is also of ashlar sandstone. Tapered buttresses run up each side of the arch. A string course runs over the crown and continue around the tops of the buttresses. Above the string course is a parapet coped with sandstone and terminating in advanced rectangular piers, also capped with sandstone. The parapet is now surmounted by a single-bar galvanised metal handrail. There are curved wing walls at each end, all of squared random blackstone brought to courses and coped with concrete blocks (doubtless a replacement of the original sandstone copings). The SE elevation is now partly buried under landfill (used to close the road), whilst the NW face is heavily overgrown