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Milestone or milepost on North Road

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Milestone or milepost on North Road
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Granite milestone, installed c. 1760, standing at side of North Road, having triangular plan, pointed top and incised lettering 'Dublin' and other indecipherable text.
A simple milestone with faded lettering, surviving as an important relic of the early transport and communication infrastructure in Ireland. It provides important historical context on North Road, which was part of the coach road linking Dublin with Slane and Ardee, and shown in Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, compiled in 1777.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50130023

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Smirkybec, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Peter Gerken, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain; William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 3.0; Gareth James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Frank Winkelmann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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