World War II Observation post, Ballyrogan Td., [near Newtownards], Co. Down, BT23 is a listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
World War II Observation post, Ballyrogan Td., [near Newtownards], Co. Down, BT23
- WRENN ID
- tired-tin-briar
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 459 748
- Coordinates
- 54.60107, -5.74277
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a World War II observation post located in the townland of Ballyrogan, near Newtownards, County Down. Constructed sometime between 1940 and 1959, it consists of an access shaft and three underground chambers.
The access shaft is approximately one meter square and leads to a small lobby, roughly one meter square. Adjacent to the lobby is a room measuring approximately one meter by two meters, potentially a toilet. A larger room, possibly intended as sleeping quarters, measures approximately five meters by four meters. Two square ventilator shafts, each approximately 0.75 meters square, rise just under one meter above ground level.
The post is now derelict and neglected, but structurally it remains largely intact. It was originally intended as a lookout post to guard the southern approaches to Belfast.
Local climate
World War II Observation post, Ballyrogan Td., [near Newtownards], Co. Down, BT23 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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