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Linear Connected Cellars is a post-medieval underground structure located in Derry, Northern Ireland. The cellars form a connected series of chambers running in linear formation, built to exploit the practical advantages of cellar storage during the early modern period. Such structures were typically constructed to provide cool, stable conditions for the storage of provisions, alcohol and other goods requiring protection from temperature fluctuation and light. The bedrock beneath the site comprises psammite and pelite of the Southern Highland Group, deposited during the Middle Cambrian period. These metamorphic rocks would have presented significant challenges to excavation, yet their relative stability made them suitable for the creation of subterranean chambers. The cellars remain protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Division with reference 11877, reflecting their importance to understanding commercial and domestic life in early modern Derry. The monument's linear arrangement and connected design indicate organised urban planning and suggest a commercial or substantial domestic context within the historic town.
Linear, connected cellars is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11877. View the official record →
Linear Connected Cellars is a post-medieval underground structure located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11877.
Linear, connected cellars dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a structure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Linear, connected cellars 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 11877.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ebrington barracks. fortification (0.6 km), C17th windmill - ihr 02409 (0.9 km), St brecan's chapel, st columb's chapel, domnach min-cluane. chapel & graveyard on earlier site (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Linear, connected cellars'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.
Linear, connected cellars stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.