Gelvin Graveyard, Legavallon Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Gelvin Graveyard, Legavallon Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry
- WRENN ID
- stony-kitchen-moss
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Gelvin Graveyard, Legavallon Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, Gortgarn
- Irish grid reference
- C 726 134
- Coordinates
- 54.96357, -6.8658
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Gelvin Graveyard is a Roman Catholic burial ground situated on Legavallon Road, Dungiven, County Londonderry, and likely established after 1845. It replaces an earlier church site at Gortgarn, located to the east. The earliest legible headstone dates to 1847, reflecting the period after the construction of a new church building around 1845. The graveyard is divided into two areas by a path leading to the former church. Recent renovations include levelling the ground, reseeding with grass, and the addition of neat iron gates. Both sections are fenced, with some fencing near the former church still to be completed. The wall along the road frontage has been rebuilt using concrete blockwork faced with rubble schist. Several headstones from the Victorian and early 20th centuries have been retained and are well executed. This record should be read in conjunction with HB02/07/014.
Local climate
Gelvin Graveyard, Legavallon Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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