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Blaris Old Burial Ground

Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Blaris Old Burial Ground, Lisburn and Castlereagh, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Graveyard
Address
Blaris Old Burial Ground, Blaris Road, Lisburn, County Antrim
Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.49770, -6.07296
Date of survey
20 August 2010
HB reference
HB19/08/004

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

This medieval burial ground located adjacent to Blaris Road, Lisburn, was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the burial ground is a Scheduled Monument (ANT:014046) and is not considered to be within the remit of historic buildings legislation

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This medieval burial ground located adjacent to Blaris Road, Lisburn, was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the burial ground is a Scheduled Monument (ANT:014046) and is not considered to be within the remit of historic buildings legislation

General comments

This medieval burial ground located adjacent to Blaris Road, Lisburn, was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. A partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the burial ground is a Scheduled Monument (ANT:014046) and is not considered to be within the remit of historic buildings legislation

Nearby in the register

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

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