Milestone (Mile Marker), At entrance to, 75 Cushendall Road, Ballyvoy, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, BT54 6QY

A repositioned freestanding late 19th/early 20th C cast-iron milepost on the main A2 road between Cushendall and Ballycastle. This mile marker was originally c.60m east of its current position, It is now sited on a grass verge on the S side of the Cushendall Road at the entrance laneway to no.75 It is of cast-iron construction and is painted white with its bas-relief edges and legends picked out in black. It is of vee cross-section, with an canted top and open back. Its hip (top cant) reads "Belfast/ 63", it east-facing cant (facing Cushendall) reads "Ballycastle/ 2?/ miles", and its west facing one (facing Ballycastle) reads "Cushendall/ 13¾/ miles"; all have serif letters and numbers. Materials: Milepost Cast iron, painted Setting: The milepost has been embedded in the ground in front of a wooden fence around the front garden to no.75, almost directly opposite a lane to another farm on the other side of the road. Aside from the main road and aforementioned garden, the milepost is surrounded by open fields.