Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Boundary Stone next to 73 Tullybrannigan Road Ballaghbeg Newcastle Co. Down BT33 0PL
Ballaghbeg, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Boundary Marker
- Date of listing
- 30 October 2023
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Boundary Stone next to 73 Tullybrannigan Road Ballaghbeg Newcastle Co. Down BT33 0PL
- Townland
- Ballaghbeg
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.21063, -5.90986
- Date of survey
- 26 July 2023
- HB reference
- HB18/14/039
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
Granite boundary stone of c.1905, marking the limit of the former Newcastle Urban District Council along Tullybrannigan Road.
SETTING Suburban / semi-rural, on the grass verge of the N side of Tullybrannigan Rd, (close to 73 Tullybrannigan Road), about 1.3km W of Newcastle town centre.
GENERAL The marker is roughly 0.6m in height and slab-like with the top in the form of three arches (similar to a gravestone). The road-facing side is inscribed ‘NEWCASTLE UDC’.
Historical information
This stone marks the boundary of the jurisdiction of the former Newcastle Urban District Council (UDC). This body was established in October 1905 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 and remained the ‘town council’ until 1973 when urban and rural councils were abolished under the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.
The stone itself is marked on the OS map of 1919-20 and presumably dates from the time of the formation of the UDC or shortly after. It was one of a number marking the boundary as it crossed public roads but appears to be the only to have survived undisturbed in its original location.
References – Primary sources
1 OS maps, 6inch County series, Down sheet 49 – 1919-20, 1937, 1938; IG sheet 255-10SE – 1975
Secondary sources
2 Information from occupant of 73 Tullybrannigan Road – August 2023
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
Criteria for listing: historic interest
R. Age
S. Authenticity
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
Z. Rarity
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
Granite boundary stone of c.1905, indicating the limit of the former Newcastle Urban District Council (UDC). This stone was one of several that marked the perimeter of the UCD as it crossed public roads, and as such is an important remnant of the town’s political and social history. It would appear to be the only one of its kind to have survived around this particular boundary, and is also, perhaps, one of the very few such markers to have survived in Northern Ireland as a whole.
General comments
Previous Lq see HB18/LQ163
Nearby in the register
- St Colman's C of I ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Currraghard LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
- Brook CottageHotelunder 1 mi
- Water Commission employee's house 120 Tullybrannigan Road Tullybrannigan Newcastle Co. Down BT33 0PWHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.