placenamesMagheramorne
Machaire Morna
A surviving quay records the industrial shoreline of Larne Lough.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Machaire Morna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Magheramorne · English · main form
Place & story
An industrial quay
The historic-building survey records a limestone quay at the former works in Ballylig, shown on the 1832 Ordnance Survey map. Beside it, a later bulwark was made by stacking cement-filled bags: the hardened material retained impressions of the woven sacks after they decayed. The railway ran immediately behind the quay. [2]
Changing cement production
In July 1978, Northern Ireland Secretary Roy Mason told Parliament that the owners planned to close Magheramorne’s two oldest kilns while continuing to operate a recently overhauled third kiln. Studies were examining replacement manufacturing capacity elsewhere in Northern Ireland. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Belfast Lower
- Civil parish
- Glynn
- Coordinates
- 54.81807, -5.75951 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 135815 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Magheramorne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Old quay for lime works, Magheramorne Cement Works: HB06/05/043, survey 9 May 1998 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
- Written Answers: Northern Ireland, Cement (24 July 1978) · UK Parliament, statement by Roy Mason
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.