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This milestone stands on the southern side of NS4174 : Glasgow Road at Dumbuck, between the road and some bonded warehouses; see the last-cited link for a view of the stone... (more)

For further context, see NS4174 : Glasgow Road; the milestone is also visible in that image. For further details, and for a different view of the stone, see NS4174 : Old milestone at Dumbuck.

See J2458 : Milestone, Hillsborough Fort. This milestone (showing the distances in Irish miles) is at the top of Main Street close to The Square.

See J0746 : Old railway at Kernan near Scarva (2). This milestone is on the other side of the bridge shown in the previous photo. Although worn, the distance of 61 Irish miles to Dublin is... (more)

A milestone on the Belfast Road, showing the distances to Dublin, Newry and Banbridge in Irish miles. When erected, Damolly, now part of Newry, would have been a rural townland.

A surviving milestone (without the distance plate) on the Dromore Road at Ballyvally Heights - a remnant of the days when Banbridge was on the route of the Belfast... (more)

Detail of the milestone seen in C0532 : Milestone near Creeslough. This side of the milestone records that Creeslough (Creeshlagh here) is 1½ miles away (distances in the old Irish mile).

Detail of the milestone near Creeslough seen in C0532 : Milestone near Creeslough. This side of the milestone records that Ards (presumably Ards House, now Ards Friary) is 1⅛... (more)

An old milestone on the road running to Ards Friary from the N56 between Dunfanaghy and Creeslough in Donegal. The milepost records that Creeslough is 1½ miles... (more)

Milestone on the eastern side of the Newry Road, on the town side of the cemetery. McCutcheon’s “Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland” refers to them being... (more)

An old milestone that has been relocated to the grounds of the Ulster Folk Museum in Cultra. The text is very weathered but I think I could make out the word 'Armagh'.

There is a cut bench mark on the milestone and a closer view can be seen here: SE2860 : Cut Bench Mark, Ripley Milestone.

A milestone, on the Banbridge Road, showing the distances in Irish miles. The road was once part of a turnpike and also on the route used by the Belfast – Dublin... (more)

The milestone stands on the southern side of NS4972 : Dumbarton Road, Duntocher. It is recorded on the first-edition OS map (surveyed in 1861), and bears two index hands, and the text... (more)

The metal sign informing passers-by that they are one mile from the Guildhall in Bath was put up two days before this photograph was taken, over a weathered milestone.