Twin bridges over Shore Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Twin bridges over Shore Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Twin bridges over Shore Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim, Ballylig
- Irish grid reference
- J 436 986
- Coordinates
- 54.81465, -5.76697
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The remains of twin bridges, built in the 1840s or 1850s, originally crossed Shore Road near Magheramorne, County Antrim. They were constructed of snecked blackstone with rusticated voussoirs. The bridges were built in connection with the Magheramorne Lime-Works and appear on an Ordnance Survey map of 1857, indicating a construction date after 1832. The first bridge was described as having an elliptical arch, 15 feet in span and 22 feet high. A second bridge was 16 feet high and 10 feet in span. These bridges may have been replacements for earlier structures. They were possibly designed around 1853 by Charles Lanyon, architect and engineer, when the new road from Carrickfergus to Larne was laid out. The bridges were demolished around the 1970s, leaving only their abutments incorporated into the retaining walls that now line the road. An associated arch leading northwards off the main road still exists. The site retains significance as an example of industrial archaeology.
Local climate
Twin bridges over Shore Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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