Survey Data
Reg No
15403808
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Milestone/milepost
In Use As
Milestone/milepost
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
231315, 236209
Date Recorded
03/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding limestone milestone on rectangular plan having pyramidal top, erected c.1780, with ‘Moate’ and ‘Kilbeggan’ carved onto appropriate faces. Mileage now illegible. Benchmark incised to top, c.1830. Located a short distance to the west of Kilbeggan along the main Dublin to Galway road.
Appraisal
A nicely carved limestone artefact which is an interesting addition to the roadscape to the west of Kilbeggan, acting as a subtle reminder of the great age of coaching in Ireland. It probably dates to the late eighteenth-century, a period when the Grand Juries were responsible for a great deal of improvement in the road transport network throughout Ireland. The incised benchmark was carved by the Ordnance Survey in preparation for the production of the first Six-Inch Map Series in the 1830s. This milestone is one of a number surviving along the Dublin Galway Road.