Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/16/047

Address :
Kilcarn cemetery, Drumreagh Road, Kilcarn, Ballygowan, Co. Down BT23 6LA

Townland:
Kilcarn

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Graveyard

Former Use
Graveyard

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
186/2

IG Ref:
J4560 6050

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Owner Category

Church - RC

Exterior Description And Setting

Small cemetery on the W side of the Drumreagh Road (near the junction with the Kilcarn Road), c.2.5 miles SE of Ballygowan. The plot is roughly rectangular in plan measuring c.60m x 40m and is surrounded by a low rubble wall which is partly covered in greenery. The headstones date from at least 1757 onwards, though some largely indecipherable stones may be earlier.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This cemetery is said to stand on the site of a medieval church. In more recent centuries it has been used for Catholic burials in the Saintfield parish. The oldest headstone appears to be that of a Patrick Loughlin which dates from 1757, however there are some badly worn stones which may be earlier. In recent years the graveyard at near by Carrickmannan church has superseded Kilcarn as the main burial ground within the area. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS map 1st ed. 1834 Down 16. 2 ‘Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.7: Parishes of County Down II’, ed. Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams (QUB 1991), pp. 37, 39. 3 PRONI MIC 1D/63 Records of Carrickmannan Church. 4 PRONI OS map 1st rev. 1858-60 Down 16. 5 George Henry Basset ‘Co. Down Guide and Directory’ (Dublin 1886), p.281. 6 EHS OS map 186-2 (1:2500) 1974. Secondary sources 1 R.S.J. Clarke ‘Gravestone Inscriptions…Vol.5’ (UHF 1970), pp.90-95.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Small rural cemetery, believed to be on the site of a medieval church, with headstones dating from 1757 at least.

General Comments

Date of Survey

19 January 1999