Survey Data
Reg No
50030081
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Milestone/milepost
In Use As
Milestone/milepost
Date
1820 - 1830
Coordinates
320949, 237960
Date Recorded
15/10/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Dressed granite milestone, erected c. 1825, having chamfered sides. One of series to footpath along north side of Howth Road. Inset cast-iron plate with raised lettering reading 'P.O/Dublin/4/Howth/5'. Cast-iron rivets visible to rear.
Appraisal
This milestone makes an attractive, if subtle, historical impression on Howth Road. It is one of a series which marked the distance between the G.P.O. in Dublin City Centre and the port and mail station at Howth. Thomas Telford was contracted in the early nineteenth century to improve the Howth Road so as to ensure the speedy delivery of mail.