Shilvodan (Old Grave Yard), Craigstown Road, Drumkeeran, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Shilvodan (Old Grave Yard), Craigstown Road, Drumkeeran, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim

WRENN ID
proud-flint-yew
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Constituency
South Antrim MP: Robin Swann (UUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 126 934
Coordinates
54.77623, -6.25067
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is a raised graveyard of uncertain date and function, thought to potentially date back before 1600. It is a scheduled monument (ANT43:11). The graveyard is irregular in shape, with embankments partly faced with stone, and a rough, grassy surface containing many embedded stones. Mature trees ring part of the perimeter. The site sits in a rural area, located in a corner of a field. A public road runs approximately 1.5 metres below the graveyard on the north-west side, appearing to have truncated part of the burial ground. A modern trackway along the south-west edge also seems to overlie the original perimeter. There are no visible gravestones, graves, building foundations, or stone circles.

The site was known in the early 19th century as a burial ground for unbaptised children and desolate persons, although it was not then considered ancient. Initially, only a few graves were present. It is possible the site originated as an Early Christian rath. The graveyard was not shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1829, but appears on the 1858 map as "Shilvodan (Old Grave Yard)". Local accounts suggest it may have been used as a mass burial site during penal times. Three fieldstone circles previously recorded in a 1972 survey were later identified as modern haystack bases.

Local climate

Shilvodan (Old Grave Yard), Craigstown Road, Drumkeeran, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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