Boundary Marker on Castle Bog, Off Sandbank Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XU is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Boundary Marker on Castle Bog, Off Sandbank Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XU
- WRENN ID
- small-facade-claret
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Boundary Marker on Castle Bog, Off Sandbank Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XU, Mourne Mountains West, BT34 5XU
- Irish grid reference
- J 231 229
- Coordinates
- 54.14078, -6.11651
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This boundary marker, likely dating from between 1820 and 1839, stands at the junction of the Leitrim, Rostrevor Mountains, and Mourne Mountains West townlands, located just within the Mourne Mountains West. The marker is an unworked, three-sided granite stone. Incised in capital letters on the west face, which looks towards the Rostrevor Mountains, is the name ‘Ross’. The north face, facing towards the Leitrim townland, bears the inscription 'Batt'. The east face displays the name ‘Kilmorey’ upside down. The boundary with the Leitrim townland is defined by a low rubble stone wall topped with a post and wire fence. The boundary between Rostrevor and the Mourne Mountains consists only of a post and wire fence. It is noteworthy that this marker is not depicted on any Ordnance Survey 6-inch map. It is of local interest due to its unusual setting. See also the Batt boundary stone located to the east of Hilltown (HB16/07/050) for comparison.
Local climate
Boundary Marker on Castle Bog, Off Sandbank Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XU sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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