Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/08/054

Address :
Milestone adj. to 81 Newry Street Rathfriland Newry Co Down BT34

Townland:
Lissize

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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:
253/3

IG Ref:
J1962 3365

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Milestone at left corner of 81 Newry St, on N side of road. Roughly and irregularly dressed white-painted granite block standing 48cm high and 42 x 24cm in cross section. Inscribed '56' in 23cm high figures.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Not shown on any town maps. Probably of late 18th/early 19th C date. Shows distance in Irish miles from Dublin.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest Z. Rarity

Evaluation

A scarce survival showing the distance from Dublin in Irish miles.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 May 1999