Cut Mark Upton Castle Lodge, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland
Posted by: elyob
N 54° 42.208 W 006° 05.738
29U E 687128 N 6065665
This mark is along the main road through Templepatrick.
Waymark Code: WM161WK
Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 04/16/2022
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The main route from Belfast to the international airport passes through Templepatrick (Antrim Road or A6). The castle gatepost on the north side of that road faces the street now known as The Village. This cut mark is at street level, on the west abutment, facing south.
The following text is taken from the bench-marks.org.uk website.
https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm105435
Mark on stone in abutment of gate leading to Upton Castle; 1.0 ft. above centre of road. [1GL, Belfast to Port Rush, Inland Line, Mark No. 25]. Estimated grid reference.
First Primary Levelling, Ireland (1839-43)
This bench mark was used during the First Primary Levelling, Ireland. It was included on the Belfast to Port Rush, Inland Line line as "No. 25. Mark on stone in abutment of gate leading to Upton Castle; 1.0 ft. above centre of road. (p194)" at 177.510 feet above Poolbeg datum.