McKillops Bridge, Brustin Brae Road, Ballytober, Larne, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
McKillops Bridge, Brustin Brae Road, Ballytober, Larne, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- north-kitchen-sage
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 371 059
- Coordinates
- 54.88235, -5.86452
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
McKillops Bridge is an 18th century stone bridge located on Brustin Brae Road, Ballytober, near Larne, County Antrim. It is an unspoilt example of vernacular construction set in a rural location.
The bridge is built from rubble and boulder masonry, featuring two segmental arches which carry a road over a small stream. Each arch has a central cut-water, and the parapets have rough-cut stone copings that rise slightly towards the centre of the span. The bridge appears on the first Ordnance Survey map of 1833 and was originally built to carry the old road between Larne and Carncastle.
According to documentary sources, the bridge was likely constructed between 1780 and 1799. It is of industrial archaeological interest and stands in open countryside, surrounded by trees and bushes.
Local climate
McKillops Bridge, Brustin Brae Road, Ballytober, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% 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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