What is recorded here

Shanes Castle Park holds a private graveyard and vault dating from the seventeenth century through the post-medieval period. Buried beneath the grass are the forgotten dead of local power, their names erased but their bones still arranging the soil. The park appears pleasant until memory returns, forcing every laugh to drop and every step to slow.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PRIVATE GRAVEYARD & VAULT. Recorded period: C17TH; C18TH; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

A private graveyard and vault dating to the 17th and 18th centuries; it is a post-medieval burial site associated with Shanes Castle, reflecting the funerary practices of the local gentry.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.