What is recorded here

Under the quiet fields of Magheramurphy, County Down, forgotten workhouse graves wait for recognition. These are not decorative myths but recorded burial grounds from the nineteenth century. The children and adults who starved or bled inside those walls likely rest beneath the soil now, denied even a marker. To walk past them is to agree that their suffering never happened.

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 grounds associated with a workhouse; significant as a reflection of social and economic conditions during the Victorian era in Northern Ireland.

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