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Marker stone on junction of

Ballycoshone Upper, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Water Works Structures
Date of construction
1900 - 1919
Address
Marker stone on junction of, Ballycoshone Rd/ Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5XE
Townland
Ballycoshone Upper
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.22286, -6.11922
Date of survey
10 February 1999
HB reference
HB16/07/048

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A dressed granite post on left verge of road (facing north). Measures 31cm x 21cm in cross section; 40cm protrudes above ground. Rounded corners to top. Side facing to south finely dressed and inscribed PBW in 5cm high capital letters.

Historical information

One of a number of stones marking the course of the Portadown and Banbridge Waterworks pipeline from Foffany Dam, opened in 1909. See also HB16/07/061-063 for identical stones. Shown on 1919 OS 6” map.

Primary sources:
1. OS maps, 4th edition, 1919, Co Down sheet 48.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Primarily of local interest and possibly meriting inclusion in Sites and Monuments Record.

Nearby in the register

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

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