What is recorded here
Stone lines still mark the graves at Saul, though no human hand has tended them since antiquity. The cemetery belongs to an uncertain period, which means the dead have had centuries to finish whatever argument they started with the living. Stone does not rot, does not apologize, does not stop repeating the shape of the person it held. That is why the place feels occupied instead of empty.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CEMETERY of STONE LINED GRAVES. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
ABBEY; GRAVEYARD; MORTUARY HOUSES; COFFIN LID etc. : SAUL ABBEY in SaulABBEY; GRAVEYARD; MORTUARY HOUSES; COFFIN LID etc. : SAUL ABBEY · 1223 yd
CASTLE (unlocated) in SaulCASTLE (unlocated) · 1285 yd
CHURCH, HOLY WELLS & BATH HOUSES: STRUELL WELLS in StruellCHURCH, HOLY WELLS & BATH HOUSES: STRUELL WELLS · 1390 yd
Struell WellsRuins · 1417 yd
St Patrick's StatueMemorial · 1.1 mi
Downshire Hospital Highway to HealthWalking route · 1.3 mi
Quoile PondageVisitor information · 1.4 mi
TOWER-HOUSE: QUOILE CASTLE in QuoileTOWER-HOUSE: QUOILE CASTLE · 1.5 mi
ENCLOSURE? possibly natural in BallintogherENCLOSURE? possibly natural · 1.6 mi
Historic Settlement: Raholp in Ballintogher; RaholpHistoric Settlement: Raholp · 1.6 mi
Scotch Street Car ParkVisitor information · 1.8 mi
Portulla WoodWood · 2.0 mi