What is recorded here
Mourning and hunger drove people into that ground. The workhouse in Magheramurphy gave up more than bread during the nineteenth century. Its burial mark still lies beneath County Down, waiting for the names it never spoke.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Workhouse Burial Ground. Recorded period: C19TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
A 19th-century burial ground associated with a workhouse; significant as a site reflecting social and welfare history in Northern Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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