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Gage Vault

Drummond, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Mausoleum
Date of construction
1840 - 1859
Address
Gage Vault, Tamlaght Finlagan Graveyard, Clooney Road,, Ballykelly,, Limavady, Co Londonderry BT49 9HS, BT49 9HS
Townland
Drummond
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
55.04568, -7.01033
Date of survey
06 October 1997
HB reference
HB02/10/009 B

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

In the graveyard there are many varied headstones and two mausolea. One of the latter the family vault of the Gage family sunk below the general ground level with steps leading down to its open doorway. (In the past fill had been added to the middle part of the graveyard).‘The mausoleum is a low rectangular building with gables at either end, a Gothic doorway and buttresses. Each gable is crowned by a crocketed finial at its apex’ J S Curl.Note: For information of parish church see (HB02/10/009A).

Historical information

References:
H Gough, Tamlaght Finlagan an Historic Church 1995
J Scurl, The Londonderry Plantation 1609 - 1914
D Girvan, The Buildings of North Derry UAHS

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A mausoleum of a notable local family.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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