Bridge, Mourne Park, Newry Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down

This bridge formerly carried the main Kilkeel - Newry road over the White Water River; it now lies within Mourne Park demesne, near its south-west corner. It comprises two arches of rounded rubble Silurian and granite fieldstones, with coarsely-dressed granite voussoirs. The left-bank arch, which is dry in normal circumstances, is narrower and lower than the right arch. The former has a segmental profile, whereas the latter is semicircular. There is an angled cutwater on both up- and downstream sides of the pier. These extend to the tops of the parapets where they form pedestrian refuges. The carriageway has a very pronounced hump-back. The left arch being lower, the road, which is only 3.8m wide, crests over the crown of the main arch, rather than over the pier. The parapets are 90cm high by 35cm thick. No vehicular access is now possible, a granite post having been inserted into the centre of the track at the east end (left bank) of the bridge. There is a pair of wrought and cast-iron gates at the other end. The structure is now overgrown with ivy, and the parapet tops are starting to deteriorate.