Boundary Stone, Ballyknockan Road, Ravara, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6NR

Boundary stone set on the grassy roadside bank on the N side of the Ballyknockan Road, c.1.5 miles W of Ballygowan. The grey granite stone measures roughly 25cm x 20cm in plan and 45cm in height at the front (with the bank ascending at the rear). The front face of the stone has a shallow, segmental arch headed recess (c.17cm x 14cm) which once held a cast iron plate. This plate was described in the 1st survey (7th Feb. 1974) as ‘depicting stag and dragon with the initials H.T.’, but this is now missing, with only part of the iron plug still embedded in the stone. Judging by a break in the stone to the left side of the recess it might be assumed that the plate was possibly deliberately removed.