Milestone or milepost in Siddan, County Meath

What is recorded here

Milestone or milepost in Siddan puts Slane and Collon both seven miles away. That’s a proper country answer: two different destinations, the same distance, and a third side you can turn towards someone when they start asking awkward questions.

Triangular-profile granite milestone, c.1780, inscribed on two sides.

This milestone is a reminder of the great coaching era in Ireland when the post office operated a coach based system of postal distribution. The simple form and carving of the structure is similar to other such milestones which are found in Meath, dating to the same period. This milestone forms part of an interesting group of three milestones found at roughly one mile intervals on the road between Siddan and Drumcondra. The south face is inscribed: "Drumconra/2/Carrick/macross/9/Kingcourt/8" while the north face is inscribed: "Dublin/29/Slane/7/COLLON/7". The top is inscribed: "CM".

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14400604

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