Shellfish storage pens, Greencastle Point, Greencastle Pier Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LR is a Grade Record Only listed building in the local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Shellfish storage pens, Greencastle Point, Greencastle Pier Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LR

WRENN ID
winter-arch-thistle
Grade
Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
Shellfish storage pens, Greencastle Point, Greencastle Pier Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LR, BT34 4LR
Irish grid reference
J 239 118
Coordinates
54.04103, -6.10904
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

A shellfish storage pen located on the intertidal beach at Greencastle Point, near Kilkeel. The structure, built between 1980 and 1999, consists of a rectangular enclosure approximately 17 metres by 11 metres, defined by a series of concrete posts around 1.2 metres high. A gap in the eastern line of posts allows vehicle access to the enclosure. Two small square chambers, with concrete walls approximately 0.6 metres high built between the posts, are situated at the southern end. Remnants of open metal frames are attached to the tops of these walls. The pen was erected by a Banbridge fishmonger, Mr Gorman, to store sacks of shellfish, initially winkles gathered locally. Initially stored on the beach, the shellfish were moved to this lockable enclosure after thefts occurred, prior to export from Warrenpoint. The structure was in use for only a few years.

Local climate

Shellfish storage pens, Greencastle Point, Greencastle Pier Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LR sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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