Marker stone on junction of, Ballycoshone Rd/ Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5XE is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Marker stone on junction of, Ballycoshone Rd/ Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5XE
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-basalt-owl
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Marker stone on junction of, Ballycoshone Rd/ Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5XE, Ballycoshone Upper, BT34 5XE
- Irish grid reference
- J 227 320
- Coordinates
- 54.22286, -6.11922
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This dressed granite marker stone stands on the left verge of the road at the junction of the Ballycoshone Road and the Ballyweely Road, near Rathfriland, County Down. Measuring 31cm by 21cm in cross-section, with a height of 40cm above ground, the stone has rounded corners at the top. The side facing south is finely dressed and bears the inscription "PBW" in capital letters, 5cm high.
The marker stone is one of several that indicate the route of the Portadown and Banbridge Waterworks pipeline, which drew water from Foffany Dam and was opened in 1909. Similar stones are located nearby (HB16/07/061-063). The stone is shown on the 1919 Ordnance Survey map. It possesses industrial archaeological interest and was noted as derelict.
Local climate
Marker stone on junction of, Ballycoshone Rd/ Ballyweely Rd, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5XE 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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- Disused Flax mill, Ballycoshone Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down
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- Former flax mill to rear of, 63 Ballycoshone Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5HT
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- Drumnascamph Mill, Cavan Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5LY
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