Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Boundary marker
Lissize, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Water Works Structures
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Boundary marker, Adj to 23 Lissize Road, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34
- Townland
- Lissize
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.25028, -6.16646
- Date of survey
- 01 June 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/08/057
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 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A water pipe marker on south side of Lissize Rd. Roughly dressed granite block with rounded top standing 60cm high and 32cm x 23cm in cross section. Smoother road face incised with 5cm high letters 'PBW' (= Portadown and Banbridge Water).
Historical information
Appears on 1918 OS 6” map as “stone”. One of a number of stones marking the course of the Portadown and Banbridge Waterworks pipeline from Foffany Dam, opened in 1909. See also HB 16/07/048, /061, 062, and /063 for identical stones.
Primary sources:
1. OS 6" map, 3rd edition (1903-18) Co Down sheet 41 (PRONI OS 6/3/41/3)
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This marker is primarily of local interest.
Nearby in the register
- Glebe HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- 8 Banbridge RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 33 Loughbrickland RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 40 Loughbrickland RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.