Milepost, Garron Road, at junction with north end of Tower Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Milepost, Garron Road, at junction with north end of Tower Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- winding-beam-twilight
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 293 250
- Coordinates
- 55.05569, -5.97597
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century cast-iron milepost, typical of those found along the Antrim Coast Road. It consists of two angled sides culminating in a triangular top, measuring 48.5 cm wide. Each side displays locations and distances in raised lettering: “Cushendall 5¼ miles; Belfast 44 miles; Glenarm 8 miles”. The milepost is situated beside the road on the inland side, in a rural setting on a scenic section of the Antrim Coast Road, near the rock formation called Cloghastucan. While the exact date of erection is unknown, similar mileposts appear on the Ordnance Survey map of 1903, suggesting a likely date range of the 1860s. It is of industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Milepost, Garron Road, at junction with north end of Tower Road, Carnlough, Ballymena, Co Antrim sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow 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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