Parnell's Bridge, Tollymore Park, Newcastle, Co Down

Rubble-built bridge of 1774, carrying a drive over the Shimna River as it flows through Tollymore park. The bridge is located to the NW corner of the park. The bridge has a relatively large, single semicircular arch with dressed voussoirs. The parapets have rough stone coping and are splayed at the S end. To the N the E parapet has been reconstructed in fairly recent years and part of the W parapet has been dismantled. Some tie rods have been inserted into the bridge to the N and S ends. Apparently this bridge contains a date stone of 1774, but the writers could not find it. Both faces of the bridge are partly covered in ivy growth.