Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/30/037

Address :
Moor Quarry Chapel Road Newry Co Down

Townland:
Ballynacraig

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Rural Industry

Former Use
Rural Industry

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
266/11 NE

IG Ref:
J0998 2499

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Accessed up laneway from NMDC waste disposal site. Large granite quarry cut into hillside. Quarried face stands c.30m high. Floor now partly infilled.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

First cited on 1858 OS 6” map. Primary Sources: 1. OS 6" ap 2nd edition1859) Co Down sheet 50 (PRONI OS 6/3/50/2)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The largest of several quarries hereabouts and of some landscape interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

29 August 1997