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Prospect Cemetery

Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Prospect Cemetery, Mid and East Antrim, 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
Prospect Cemetery, Prospect Road, Carrickfergus, Co.Antrim, BT38 8QB, **See general comments**
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.72734, -5.83279
Date of survey
11 December 2008
HB reference
HB22/04/002

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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)
  • 1697 · Scotia, Parte Meridionale (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Scotland (Southern part). XIII (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

A small roadside cemetery with a small number grave markers dating from the late nineteenth century; the earliest death recorded here is that of Elizabeth Hays who died 14th July 1874. The majority of graves date from the twentieth century and do not merit listing.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

General comments

Partial survey only as recorded during the first survey and now not deemed to be of sufficient interest to warrant a full survey.

Nearby in the register

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

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