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Graveyard and Two Nineteenth-Century Crosses is a historic burial ground located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The site sits on bedrock of the Hawick Group, wacke-type sedimentary rocks formed during the Wenlock period of the Silurian era, which underlies much of this region and creates the locally characteristic brown and grey stone found in the landscape. The graveyard's precise origins remain uncertain, though its association with two standing stone crosses from the nineteenth century suggests a long history of ritual use at this location.
The two crosses represent the Victorian-era tradition of commemorating the dead with substantial stone monuments, a practice that reinforced the religious and social significance of established burial grounds. Both crosses remain upright on the site, serving as focal points within the graveyard and reflecting the community's investment in maintaining a formal cemetery space during the nineteenth century.
The site is protected as a monument of historical importance by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference number 8850. This designation recognises the graveyard's value as a record of local burial practices and religious observance, whilst the crosses themselves represent an important period in the development of commemorative stone-working traditions in the region.
Graveyard & two c19th crosses is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8850. View the official record →
Graveyard and Two Nineteenth-Century Crosses is a historic burial ground located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8850.
Graveyard & two c19th crosses dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a graveyard. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Graveyard & two c19th crosses is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 8850.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound - possibly barrow (2.3 km), Large hilltop enclosure (2.9 km), Motte (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Graveyard & two c19th crosses's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Graveyard & two c19th crosses stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.