Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Milepost,
Galboly Lower, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Milestone
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- Milepost,, Garron Road, at junction with north end of Tower Road, Carnlough,, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Galboly Lower
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.05569, -5.97597
- Date of survey
- 23 November 2000
- HB reference
- HB06/01/046
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1854 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1854 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A cast iron milepost comprising two sides set at an angle with a raking triangular top, 48.5 cms wide, the three faces bearing locations and distances in miles in raised letters, as follows: "Cushendall 5¼ miles; Belfast 44 miles; Glenarm 8 miles".
SETTING: It is located in a very rural area at the side of the road on a scenic stretch of the Antrim Coast Road, on the inland side, near the rock formation called Cloghastucan.
Historical information
Precise date of erecting not known but such mileposts in this locality are marked for the first time on the OS map of 1903, and may be taken to probably date from the 1860s.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1903, Co Antrim 20.
Secondary Sources
1. W.A. McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (HMSO, Belfast, 1980), p 31 and plate 4.2 (shows a comparable example).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A typical example of a mid-Victorian cast-iron milepost of which a number still survive along the Antrim Coast Road.
Nearby in the register
- 116 Garron Road,Houseunder 1 mi
- 110, 110A and 112 Garron Road,Houseunder 1 mi
- Dwelling off White LaneHouseunder 1 mi
- Inscribed Stone,Memorialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.