Clonlea Graveyard, Grinan Lough Road, Greenan, Newry, Co Down, BT34 is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Clonlea Graveyard, Grinan Lough Road, Greenan, Newry, Co Down, BT34
- WRENN ID
- knotted-wall-swift
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 118 222
- Coordinates
- 54.13672, -6.28945
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Clonlea Graveyard is a small, raised graveyard of local significance situated on the west side of Grinan Lough Road, near Greenan, County Down. Dating from approximately 1800 to 1819, the graveyard is enclosed by a dry stone rubble wall, with a recess on the east side providing access via three stone steps. The memorial stones within are generally small and roughly dressed, all facing east.
Three larger, dressed stone crosses are centrally located, arranged in a line running north-south and again facing east. The central cross is from the 19th century, and its rear (west) face bears an inscription, largely illegible, including the name "Patrick Mooney" and the date 1883. The northern cross features recessed arcs carved into each corner at the crossing point. The southern cross is heavily weathered; inscribed on its west side are “P. McM” and the date 1842, and its base is incised with swirling Celtic-style ornamentation.
Local tradition suggests that the site was previously used as a mass house. The graveyard is depicted on the 1834 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map. An archaeological survey mentions the northern and southern crosses but not the central cross. The survey notes that the upper portion of the southern cross features weathered carvings, described as 19th-century copies of the nearby Kilbroney Cross, depicting "angel scrolls and panels of interlace."
Local climate
Clonlea Graveyard, Grinan Lough Road, Greenan, Newry, Co Down, BT34 receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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