What is recorded here

Under the grass of Magherafelt town parks, workhouse burial grounds hold the forgotten dead of the nineteenth century. Children starved, adults broke, and the institution buried its failures beneath public leisure. When residents run across the lawn or dogs dig at the edge, they touch the raw edge of a system that consumed people and discarded them. The park is not a gift of nature but a lid pressed over a brutal chamber, waiting for memory to break through the grass.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Workhouse Burial Grounds. Recorded period: C19TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

C19th burial ground associated with the Magherafelt Workhouse. It reflects social and historical conditions during the Victorian era, particularly relating to poverty and public health in Northern Ireland.

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