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MILESTONE

Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland

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Designation
Listed building, Grade B
Grade
B
Type
MILESTONE
Date of listing
18 December 1980
Address
MILESTONE, KILLYCRUTTEN, CO.FERMANAGH
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.23900, -7.43429
HB reference
HB12/03/040

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Exterior description and setting

The milestone is one of an original set of 17 milestones that marked intervals of one Irish mile from Enniskillen to the border of Fermanagh along the mail coach road, which extended through Cavan to Dublin. Erected between c1810 and c1835, 12 of the series survive, of which two have been relocated.
The milestones in the set are carved from local limestone and are square in plan, rising just over 1m. The milestones vary slightly in design, the individual, uneven vernacular quality suggesting the work of local craftsmen. Generally, they gently taper to form an elongated prism; in some, this is less pronounced. While the front and rear elevations are flush, the side elevations are more often profiled, stepping out at a low level to define a base and overhanging at the top with a roll that tapers upward to a crown profile, completing an ornate terminus.
The milestone is ten Irish miles from Enniskillen, located on the Main Street in Lisnaskea. The stone leans against the boundary wall of Beech House, a listed dwelling house (HB12/03/024) that dates from c1845 (although the boundary wall is likely of an earlier date). The stone bears an OS benchmark information as well as displaying the distances 70.5 miles to Dublin and 15.5 miles to Cavan in addition to the distance from Enniskillen.

HB references for the collection of 12 Milestones along the former coach road to Dublin from Enniskillen

1 mile HB12/17/085
Nr 11 LOUGH YOAN ROAD, ENNISKILLEN, BT74 4GR

3 mile HB12/07/056
Nr 4 GOLA ROAD, TAMLAGHT, ENNISKILLEN, BT74 4AF

5 mile HB12/07/057
Nr 147 FARNAMULLAN ROAD, LISBELLAW, BT94 5EA

8 mil HB12/05/056 (Record Only)
Nr 338 GOLA ROAD, LISNASKEA, BT92 0FE

9 mile HB12/03/059
Nr BEECH HOUSE, 52 MAIN STREET, LISNASKEA, BT92 0JD

10 mile HB12/03/040
KILLYCRUTTEN, CO.FERMANAGH
H3693 3238

11 mile HB12/03/060
Nr 87 CROM ROAD, LISNASKEA, BT92 0BZ

13 mile HB12/02/123
Nr 214 CROM ROAD, NEWTOWNBUTLER, BT92 8BE

14 mile HB12/02/124
Nr 252 CROM ROAD, NEWTOWNBUTLER, BT92 8GD

15 mile HB12/02/125 (Record Only)
Nr 300 CROM ROAD, NEWTOWNBUTLER, BT92 8JL

16 mile HB12/02/126
Nr 349 CROM ROAD, NEWTOWNBUTLER, BT92 8GH

17 mile HB12/02/127
Nr 193 WATTLEBRIDGE ROAD, NEWTOWNBUTLER, BT92 8EG

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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