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1914-1918 War Memorial

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of 1914-1918 War Memorial, Belfast, 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
Memorial
Address
1914-1918 War Memorial, Thiepval Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, ** See General Comments **
Council
Belfast
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.57621, -5.89402
Date of survey
28 April 2011
HB reference
HB25/11/001

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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)
  • 1794 · Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

A war memorial comprising a Celtic cross flanked by a pair of freestanding memorials, located within a development of ex-servicemen’s residences on Thiepval Avenue in the suburbs of Castlereagh. This structure was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Only a Partial Survey was taken during the Second Survey as the structure is not of sufficient interest to warrant a full Second Survey.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A war memorial comprising a Celtic cross flanked by a pair of freestanding memorials, located within a development of ex-servicemen’s residences on Thiepval Avenue in the suburbs of Castlereagh. This structure was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Only a Partial Survey was taken during the Second Survey as the structure is not of sufficient interest to warrant a full Second Survey.

General comments

This structure was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Only a Partial Survey was taken during the Second Survey as the structure is not of sufficient interest to warrant a full Second 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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