Milestone (Mile Marker), Outside 119 Cushendall Road, Ballyvoy, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, BT54 6PS

A freestanding late 19th/early 20th C cast-iron milepost on the main A2 road between Cushendall and Ballycastle. This mile marker is in its original position, on the verge along the S side of the Cushendall Road in front of no.119. The road has been resurfaced over the years to such an extent that the post is buried all the way up to the bottom of its inscriptions. 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/ 62", it SE cant (facing Cushendall) reads "Ballycastle/ 3?/ miles", and its NW facing one (towards Ballycastle) reads "Cushendall/ 12¾/ miles"; all have serif letters and numbers. Materials: Mile Marker Cast-iron Setting: Behind the milepost is the painted and rendered wall to the front garden of no.119, a two-storey dwelling. Aside from the main road and aforementioned house, the milepost is surrounded by open fields.