Marker stone on Hilltown Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Marker stone on Hilltown Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU
- WRENN ID
- guardian-span-swift
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Marker stone on Hilltown Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU, Stang, BT34 2JU
- Irish grid reference
- J 243 315
- Coordinates
- 54.21762, -6.09416
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This marker stone stands on the north verge of Hilltown Road, near Newry, County Down. It is primarily of local interest and is an example of a marker for the Portadown and Banbridge Waterworks pipeline, which originated at Foffany Dam and was opened in 1909. The stone’s construction date is estimated to be between 1740 and 1759.
The marker is a dressed granite post measuring approximately 30 by 20 centimetres in cross-section, with only 35 centimetres protruding above ground level. It has rounded corners to the top edge. One side, facing south, is finely dressed and inscribed with the letters "PBW" in capital letters, standing 5 centimetres high. This stone is one of several marking the pipeline's route; other similar stones are recorded as Historic Buildings numbers 16/07/048, /062, and /063. It appeared on the 1919 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map. A modern concrete post now stands immediately to the west of the original marker stone. The structure demonstrates industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Marker stone on Hilltown Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Marker stone on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XG
- 2 Marker stone on Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34
- 3 Marker stone on junction of, Ballycoshone Rd/ Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5XE
- 4 Boundary marker on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Co Down, BT34 5XQ
- 5 Boundary marker, Adj to 23 Lissize Road, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34
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