The Pier, Greencastle Pier Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LR

A wooden pier measuring 3.5m wide by upwards of 100m long. Pairs of diagonally-braced uprights support longitudinal members on which the gently sloping deck is laid; some of this timberwork is replacement Iroko. A steeply sloping underwater shelf at the bottom end of the pier enables boats to tie up at all states of the tide. There are a series of taller timber uprights on either side of the deck at this end. These give lateral strength to the structure and also mark its extent when submerged at high water (there are no markings on the transoms across the tops of these uprights to suggest that they ever supported an upper deck). A chain-link fence held by cast-iron posts (some replaced with galvanised steel) runs down each side. At the top of the pier is the former ferry agent’s house and ticket office, now modernised as a private dwelling.