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Magheramorne

Machaire Morna

A surviving quay records the industrial shoreline of Larne Lough.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of The disused cement jetty at Magheramorne, as photographed in May 2005.
Illustration, The disused cement jetty at Magheramorne, as photographed in May 2005
Recorded locationMagheramorne54.81807° N · 5.75951° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

machaireplain

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

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
Civil parish
Glynn
Coordinates
54.81807, -5.75951 (approximate)
Logainm ID
135815 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Magheramorne. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Old quay for lime works, Magheramorne Cement Works: HB06/05/043, survey 9 May 1998 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
  3. Written Answers: Northern Ireland, Cement (24 July 1978) · UK Parliament, statement by Roy Mason
  4. The disused cement jetty at Magheramorne, as photographed in May 2005 illustration: based on a Magheramorne cement jetty by Bob Jones. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.