Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/01/046

Address :
Milepost, Garron Road, at junction with north end of Tower Road Carnlough, Ballymena Co Antrim

Townland:
Galboly Lower

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Milestone

Former Use
Milestone

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
25/15

IG Ref:
D2939 2502

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A cast iron milepost comprising two sides set at an angle with a raking triangular top, 48.5 cms wide, the three faces bearing locations and distances in miles in raised letters, as follows: "Cushendall 5¼ miles; Belfast 44 miles; Glenarm 8 miles". SETTING: It is located in a very rural area at the side of the road on a scenic stretch of the Antrim Coast Road, on the inland side, near the rock formation called Cloghastucan.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of erecting not known but such mileposts in this locality are marked for the first time on the OS map of 1903, and may be taken to probably date from the 1860s. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1903, Co Antrim 20. Secondary Sources 1. W.A. McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (HMSO, Belfast, 1980), p 31 and plate 4.2 (shows a comparable example).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A typical example of a mid-Victorian cast-iron milepost of which a number still survive along the Antrim Coast Road.

General Comments

Date of Survey

23 November 2000