Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Boundary marker on Bryansford Rd
Goward/ Ballynanny, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Boundary Marker
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Boundary marker on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Co Down, BT34 5XQ
- Townland
- Goward/ Ballynanny
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.19716, -6.10751
- Date of survey
- 11 February 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/07/050
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A granite post set into the verge on north side of Hilltown - Byransford, at boundary between Goward and Ballynanny townlands, c.100m east of junction with Hilltown - Kilkeel road. Measures 22cm in cross section and 65cm exposed. Rounded top. Inscribed on west face in 12.5cm high letters is "NB". All other faces are blank.
Historical information
First shown on the 1919 OS 6" map, but undoubtedly older. 'NB' denotes Narcissus Batt, a prominent Belfast entrepreneur and landholder in the eastern Mournes during the early 19th century (his main residence was at Purdysburn, Belfast). His name is also commemorated in Batt's Wall which runs from Crotlieve Mountain (grid J 213240) to Shanlieve (240227), and in a boundary stone in Mourne Mountains West townland (HB16/07/056).
Primary sources:
1. OS map 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.
Nearby in the register
- 29 Kilkeel RdHouseunder 1 mi
- New Bridge, Sandbank Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down BT34 5XXBridgeunder 1 mi
- Old Clonduff Church and GraveyardChurchunder 1 mi
- Disused mill off Sandbank RdMillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.