Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/11/050

Address :
Milestone Near Entrance to Narrow Water Demesne Newry Rd Warrenpoint Newry Co Down BT34

Townland:
Narrow Water

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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:
276/8

IG Ref:
J1248 1947

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Situated on the verge on N side of the dual carriageway between Warrenpoint and Newry, just W of entrance to Narrow Water Castle. A finely dressed granite post with pyramidal top. Measures 30cm square in cross section and now stands 55cm above the ground. The figure '4' is incised (18cm high) on the three sides which face the road (this being the distance in Irish miles from Newry).

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Not shown on any edition of the OS 6” map. However, the fact that the measurement (denoting distance from Newry) is in Irish miles suggests that it is probably of early 19th century date. Mile stones are depicted at these locations on Taylor & Skinner's 1777 Maps of the Roads of Ireland. Primary sources: 1. A. Taylor and J. Skinner, ‘Maps of the Roads of Ireland’ (1777).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Prominent roadside location, and one of some 20 such milestones which still survive (out of a total of 24) between Newry and Newcastle. No such grouping of milestones has yet been recorded anywhere else in N. Ireland.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 October 1999