Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/02/001 K

Address :
Bridge Great Deer Park Glenarm Ballymena Co Antrim

Townland:
Great Deer Park

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Bridge

Former Use
Bridge

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
45/12

IG Ref:
D3076 1453

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Segmental iron foot bridge with timber walkway. This bridge was been relocated in c.1991 and now spans a section of the Glenarm River roughly 1.5 miles to the S of its original position. The structure itself has been lengthened to cope with the topography of its new location.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A ‘rustic bridge’ is marked on the 1857 map, but its name suggests a stone or timber structure, not the present iron bridge which occupied the same position until recently. Photographic evidence suggests that the present structure was in place by 1872. The bridge itself was moved roughly two miles to the south in c.1991 and now spans over the stretch of river to the west of ‘Lord Antrim’s cottage’. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI D.2977 Antrim Papers 2 View of Glenarm c.1769-c.1812 (painting in possession of Viscount Dunluce) 3 PRONI OS/6/1/29/1 OS map, Co Antrim sh 29, 1832-33 4 PRONI D.3560/1/75 Watercolour of the ‘hermitage’ in the Glenarm estate by H. Goold, December 1850 5 PRONI OS/6/1/29/2 OS map, Co Antrim sh 29, 1857 6 PRONI OS/6/1/29/3 OS map, Co Antrim sh 29, 1903 Secondary sources 1 Rev. George Hill, ‘An historical account of the MacDonnells of Antrim…’ (Belfast 1873) 2 Jimmie Irvine, “A map of Glenarm- 1779” in ‘The Glynns- Journal of The Glens of Antrim Historical Society’ vol.9 (1981), pp.52-61 3 Hon. Hector McDonnell, “The building of the parish church at Glenarm” in ‘The Glynns- Journal of The Glens of Antrim Historical Society’ vol.10 (1982), pp.31-36 4 Felix McKillop, ‘Glenarm- A local history’ (Glenarm 1987), p.15

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Iron foot bridge of perhaps c.1870, originally sited roughly two miles to the north, but relocated to its present position in c.1991 and lengthened slightly to cope with the topography of its new site.

General Comments

Previously recorded as HB06/02/022B.

Date of Survey

11 May 2001