Marker stone on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XG is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Marker stone on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XG

WRENN ID
tenth-corner-dew
Grade
Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency
South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
Marker stone on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XG, Drumdonniff, BT34 5XG
Irish grid reference
J 269 307
Coordinates
54.20972, -6.05574
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This dressed granite marker post stands on the south verge of Bryansford Road, near Hilltown, Newry. Measuring approximately 30 by 20 centimetres in cross-section, and 40 centimetres above ground level, the post has rounded corners to its top. The face facing the road is finely dressed and bears the inscription “PBW” in capital letters, 5 centimetres high. The post may have been slightly repositioned and is now surrounded by more modern concrete posts to the west.

The stone marks the route of the Portadown and Banbridge Waterworks pipeline, which drew water from Foffany Dam and was opened in 1909. It is one of several similar stones along the pipeline’s route; other examples can be found at HB 16/07/048, 0/61, and /062. The stone was depicted on the 1919 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map. It is considered to be of industrial archaeological interest.

Local climate

Marker stone on Bryansford Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XG 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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