What is recorded here
Ballyhunsley holds two graveyard memories but no visible marker, letting imagination fill the vacancy. The official record captures a grave site while withholding its exact position, transforming loss into a game of memory. People may have buried their dead beneath fields now forgotten, their names erased but their love preserved in the shape of the land. What is missing becomes a invitation to remember differently, creating a graveyard without graves where feeling does the work of stone.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as GRAVEYARD (O.S. memoir site; unlocated). 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
ENCLOSURE (O.S. memoir site: unlocated) in Ballyhunsley North; Ballyhunsley SouthENCLOSURE (O.S. memoir site: unlocated) · 1 yd
Ballywatt Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 1.6 mi
Moore Memorial HallHall · 1.6 mi
CASTLE (destroyed): FLOWER HILL HOUSE in Flower HillCASTLE (destroyed): FLOWER HILL HOUSE · 1.9 mi
CASTLE (REMAINS OF): BALLYLOUGH CASTLE in Ballylough MoreCASTLE (REMAINS OF): BALLYLOUGH CASTLE · 1.9 mi
Dunluce CastleHeritage attraction · 4.2 mi
Mermaid CaveCave · 4.2 mi
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYWILLIN in GlebeCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYWILLIN · 4.3 mi
Portballintrae BeachBeach / strand · 4.4 mi
Lissanduff EarthworksNature reserve · 4.5 mi