Bloody Bridge, (old), Ballagh Road, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0LA

A single semicircular arch carries what is now a footpath over the Bloody Bridge River. It is of random rubble granite fieldstones with split undressed Silurian rubble voussoirs; the arch rises directly from the bedrock. It measures 6.2m across the parapets, with a 5.1m wide carriageway. There are two clear breaks in the soffit. The fact that the soffit on the upstream side is of rounded fieldstones whereas that on the down side is of split Silurian rubble suggests that the former is probably the earliest section which was widened on two occasions – from 2.4m to 3.6m to 6.4m. The upstream parapet and spandrels have been rebuilt in the relatively recent past. There is a short length of roadway on the south side of the bridge.