Rathgorman church ruin, Quarterland Road, Rathgorman, Killinchy, Co. Down is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Rathgorman church ruin, Quarterland Road, Rathgorman, Killinchy, Co. Down
- WRENN ID
- pale-timber-pearl
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 527 584
- Coordinates
- 54.4515, -5.646
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The remains of a small, rectangular church of probable late medieval origin (roughly 1300s-1400s) survive as fragmentary and overgrown rubble on a hilltop, located south of a sheltered inlet and east of Quarterland Road, approximately two miles southeast of Killinchy. The building originally measured approximately 14 meters by 7.5 meters, with external walls approximately 1 meter and 0.75 meters thick. The presence of a nearby motte suggests the site may have been part of an earlier manorial group, possibly dating from around 1180-1200. A broken headstone, dating from around 1800 and reportedly taken from near the ruin, has been found in a nearby garden, suggesting the ground was used for burials until at least that date, although the site is not marked as a graveyard on the 1834 Ordnance Survey map and no headstones are currently visible. The Archaeological Survey of Co. Down indicates a doorway was probably located at the west end of the church. The site is currently derelict and regarded as a monument.
Local climate
Rathgorman church ruin, Quarterland Road, Rathgorman, Killinchy, Co. Down receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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