Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Milestone
Ballymartin, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Milestone
- Date of construction
- 1780 - 1799
- Address
- Milestone, Outside 50 Annalong Rd, Ballymartin, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4PG
- Townland
- Ballymartin
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.08564, -5.93730
- Date of survey
- 23 July 1997
- HB reference
- HB16/02/052
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A dressed granite post on west side of road. Measures 28cm (11in) square/ 90cm (35in) high, and finished with a pyramidal top. Inscribed on its three road faces with 15cm (6in) high number ‘17’ (the distance in Irish miles from Newry).
Historical information
Although first depicted on the 1919 OS 6" map, the fact that the measurement is in Irish miles suggests that it is probably of early 19th century date.
Primary Sources:
1. PRONI 1919 OS map (Down sheet 56).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An interesting survival, one of 17 such milestones which still survive (out of a total of 24) between Newry and Newcastle. See also HB16/02/047.
Nearby in the register
- WW2 StructuresWorld War II Structuresunder 1 mi
- 18 Valley RdDemolishedunder 1 mi
- St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- DwellingHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.