Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Clonlum South Cairn
Clonlum, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Archaeological Site
- Date of construction
- Pre 1600
- Address
- Clonlum South Cairn, Ballintemple Road, Newry, Co Armagh
- Townland
- Clonlum
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.12396, -6.40088
- Date of survey
- 05 June 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/13/019
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
In field on E side of road. A sub-rectangular platform circa 1.2m high constructed of random rubble fieldstones and now covered with grass. Single chamber to middle delineated by large granite slabs and partially sunk into the existing surface (originally it would have been completely covered). Two large capstones over the chamber, one of which has slipped to one side. A large boulder on the S edge of the mound may be a dislodged third capstone.
Historical information
Of Neolithic date (c5000-2500BC)
Primary sources:
1. Site & Monuments Record - Arm 29:5
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A rare survival of a Neolithic burial chamber.
Nearby in the register
- 5 Ballintemple RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Farm Buildingsunder 1 mi
- Stable block and attached former millStablesunder 1 mi
- KILLEVY CASTLECountry Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.