CITY WALLS Heritage Profile

By Daniel Kirkpatrick | Compiled 2026-05-05 | N08000508

15 historic sites 2 scheduled monuments 187 listed buildings 4 archaeological periods

CITY WALLS covers 3.3 km² in Northern Ireland. With 15 historic sites and 2 scheduled monuments on record, the ward sits at the 92nd percentile across all 462 NI wards for combined archaeological heritage. It also records 187 listed buildings (HED Historic Buildings Record), the 98th percentile for listed-building density across NI wards. Per 1,000 residents, this works out at 64.2 recorded sites — the 96th percentile across NI wards (a measure of heritage density relative to current population). Dated archaeological evidence runs from the Mesolithic through to the Post-Medieval period, spanning 4 archaeological periods, around the NI median for chronological depth.

CITY WALLS boundary detail

CITY WALLS in regional context

Heritage at a glance

Percentile rankings throughout this profile compare each ward only against the other 461 Northern Ireland wards.

Historic sites

52nd percentile

Scheduled monuments

53rd percentile

187

Listed buildings

98th percentile

61.18

Sites per km²

Population context

954

Persons per km²

80th percentile

64.2

Sites per 1,000 residents

96th percentile

3,177

Total residents (2021)

The recorded heritage of CITY WALLS

Of the 15 historic sites recorded, the most common are C6Th Monastery, Pre-Norman, Medieval ,Post-Med. & Modern Church & Cathedral: Templemore, Daire Columcille, Daire Calgaich Or Dubh Regles (1, 7% of historic sites), Holy Well: St Columb'S Well (1), and Augustinian Priory (1). For C6Th Monastery, Pre-Norman, Medieval ,Post-Med. & Modern Church & Cathedral: Templemore, Daire Columcille, Daire Calgaich Or Dubh Regles, this is the 0th percentile across NI wards that record this type. For Holy Well: St Columb'S Wells, this is the 0th percentile across NI wards that record this type. Across the ward's 3.3 km², this gives a recorded density of 61.82 sites per km² (all heritage types combined).

Most common monument types

Type	Count	Description
C6th Monastery, Pre-norman, Medieval ,post-med. & Modern Church & Cathedral: Templemore, Daire Columcille, Daire Calgaich Or Dubh Regles	1	—
Holy Well: St Columb's Well	1	—
Augustinian Priory	1	—

Chronological distribution

Mesolithic

Early Medieval

Medieval

Post Medieval

Unknown

Terrain and environment

A mean elevation of 11m places this ward among the lowest-lying in NI (3th percentile). Mean slope is 4.8° (66th percentile across NI), giving moderately undulating terrain. The Topographic Wetness Index of 10.5 (52th NI percentile) indicates moderate drainage, balanced between upland shedding and lowland accumulation. The land-cover mosaic combines urban land (61%), open water (24%), and woodland (10%), giving a mixed agricultural and semi-natural landscape.

Terrain measurements

Mean elevation11.3 m 4th pct

Max elevation41.2 m 8th pct

Mean slope4.8° 67th pct

Wetness index (TWI)10.48 52nd pct

Grassland6.1% 4th pct

Woodland9.5% 17th pct

Urban land60.6% 92nd pct

Where this ward sits in NI

Elevation

4th

Slope

67th

Drainage

52nd

Grassland

4th

Woodland

17th

Geology and preservation

The dominant bedrock formed during the Neoproterozoic era. Late Pre-Cambrian rock laid down before the Cambrian explosion of life — a stable, long-eroded basement geology. Bedrock composition is uniform (complexity index 0.00), with a single dominant geological unit underlying most of the ward. A uniform geology narrows the natural lithic-resource base available to past inhabitants.

Bedrock eraNeoproterozoic

Surface depositsTill

Peat coverage0.0%

Bedrock complexity0.00

Placename evidence

The combined OSNI, Logainm NI, and GeoNames sources record 19 placenames for this ward. Diagnostic heritage strata identified within these are: 2 ecclesiastical (cill-, teampall-, mainistir-, díseart-) and 1 Plantation-era (17th c English/Scots settlement names). Note: Irish-language (name_ga) forms are recorded for roughly half of NI placenames in the combined sources, so anglicised forms whose Irish original could belong to multiple categories may be misclassified.

Placename categories

Ecclesiastical (kil-, temple-, monaster-)2 names

Plantation Era1 name

Scheduled monuments in CITY WALLS

Scheduled monuments are sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, designated by the Historic Environment Division (HED).

Monument	Type	Period
Linear Cellars (East Wall)	Linear Cellars (East Wall)	Unknown
LONDONDERRY TOWN WALLS	Londonderry Town Walls	Unknown

Recorded historic sites

Name	Period	Type
AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY	Medieval	Religious
C17TH RAMPART, DITCH & CITY WALLS	Post-Medieval	Defence
C6th MONASTERY, PRE-NORMAN, MEDIEVAL ,POST-MED. & MODERN CHURCH & CATHEDRAL: TEMPLEMORE, DAIRE COLUMCILLE, DAIRE CALGAICH or DUBH REGLES	Early Medieval	Ritual/Funerary
CATHEDRAL	Medieval	Religious
DERRY CITY WALLS	Post-Medieval	Unknown
DOMINICAN FRIARY: ST. DOMINIC'S PRIORY	Medieval	Religious
FRANCISCAN FRIARY (unlocated)	Post-Medieval	Religious
HISTORIC SETTLEMENT: DERRY, LONDONDERRY, DOIRE-CALGAIC, DERRY-CALGACH	Early Medieval	Domestic
HOLY WELL: ST COLUMB'S WELL	Early Medieval	Ritual/Funerary
LINEAR; CONNECTED CELLARS	Post-Medieval	Domestic
MEDIEVAL CONVENT (unlocated)	Medieval	Religious
Multi-period site	Unknown	Unknown
TOWER-HOUSE: O'DOHERTY'S CASTLE or THE MAGAZINE	Medieval	Defence
URBAN EXCAVATION – C17TH SIEGE DEFENCES & OCCUPATION SITE (just outside city walls)	Mesolithic	Unknown
URBAN EXCAVATION – C17th SETTLEMENT onwards	Post-Medieval	Domestic

Listed buildings in CITY WALLS

Address / Name	Grade	Period
St Columb's Girls School (Long Tower Girls School) Long Tower Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QQ	B1	1880 – 1899
St Columba's Church Long Tower Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JG	A	1780 – 1799
First Derry Presbyterian Church Upper Magazine Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6HY	B+	1780 – 1799
Lecture Hall First Derry Presbyterian Church Hall Upper Magazine Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6HY	B2	1840 – 1859
No.2 Castle Street & 14 Shipquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HQ	B2	1820 – 1839
Danske Bank 6 Shipquay Place Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DF	B+	1860 – 1879
3 FOYLE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
Gaol Tower Bishop Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PW	B1	1820 – 1839
Presbyterian Church Great James Street Londonderry County Londonderry	B+	1820 – 1839
St. Eugene's Lodge Francis Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 9AP	B1	1900 – 1919
164 Bishop Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6UJ	B1	1840 – 1859
174 Bishop Street Carrigans Lane Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6UJ	B2	1880 – 1899
1 Alexander Memorial Cottages Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6XQ	B1	1880 – 1899
2 Alexander Memorial Cottages Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6XQ	B1	1880 – 1899
3 Alexander Memorial Cottages Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6XQ	B1	1880 – 1899
4 Alexander Memorial Cottages Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6XQ	B1	1880 – 1899
5 Alexander Memorial Cottages Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6XQ	B1	1880 – 1899
6 Alexander Memorial Cottages Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6XQ	B1	1880 – 1899
Star Factory 79 Foyle Road Co. Londonderry BT 48 6XB	B2	1880 – 1899
ST. COLUMBA'S BOYS SCHOOL, LONG TOWER ST. LONDONDERRY	B1	1900 – 1919
Court House, Bishop Street, Londonderry, County Londonderry BT48 6PQ	A	1800 – 1819
Crown and Peace Offices Bishop Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PQ	B1	1880 – 1899
The Deanery 30 Bishop Street Within Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6PP	A	1820 – 1839
Irish Society Office St Columb's Court Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JY	A	1760 – 1779
The Freemason's Hall 25 Bishop Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PR	B+	1740 – 1759
2 ST. COLUMB'S COURT LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
3 ST. COLUMB'S COURT LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
4 ST. COLUMB'S COURT LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
5 ST. COLUMB'S COURT LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
6 ST. COLUMB'S COURT LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
NORTHERN COUNTIES CLUB 24 BISHOP ST. LONDONDERRY	B+	1880 – 1899
23 Bishop Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PR	B2	1840 – 1859
Probate Office 13 Bishop St Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PL	B2	1860 – 1879
Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall 13 Society Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PJ	B+	1860 – 1879
St. Augustine's Church Palace Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PS	B1	1860 – 1879
St Augustine's School (Church Hall), Palace Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PS	B2	1880 – 1899
2 Butcher Street and 18 The Diamond Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6HL	B2	1880 – 1899
War Memorial The Diamond Londonderry County Londonderry	B+	1920 – 1939
16 THE DIAMOND LONDONDERRY	B2	1840 – 1859
6 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DN	A	1760 – 1779
8 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DN	B1	1760 – 1779
Allied Irish Bank 9 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DJ	B1	1920 – 1939
11 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DE	B2	1820 – 1839
Allied Irish Bank 15-17 Shipquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6DJ	B2	1880 – 1899
BANK OF IRELAND 20 SHIPQUAY ST. LONDONDERRY	B1	1860 – 1879
28 Shipquay Street (The Gift Box) Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DW	B2	1840 – 1859
31-33 Shipquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6DW	B+	1740 – 1759
35-37 SHIPQUAY ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1900 – 1919
2 BANK PLACE LONDONDERRY	B2	1800 – 1819
18 LOWER MAGAZINE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1840 – 1859
19 LOWER MAGAZINE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1840 – 1859
New Monico Lounge 4-6 Custom House Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6AD	B2	1880 – 1899
1-3 Guildhall Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6SD	B1	1880 – 1899
5 Guildhall Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6BB	B2	1880 – 1899
Harbour Commissioners Office AKA The Harbour Museum Harbour Square Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6AF	B+	1880 – 1899
2, 3 AND 4 SHIPQUAY PLACE LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
5 SHIPQUAY PLACE LONDONDERRY	B1	1880 – 1899
23 FOYLE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
St Columb's Hall Newmarket Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6EG	A	1880 – 1899
Abercorn Factory 1 Abercorn Road Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6SA	B1	1860 – 1879
GOOD TEMPLARS HALL HORACE ST HAWKIN ST LONDONDERRY	B1	1860 – 1879
Former St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Primary School AKA The Playhouse Artillery Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6RG	B1	1880 – 1899
DERRY CATHEDRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL LONDON ST. LONDONDERRY	B1	1880 – 1899
Bedlam Market 10-14 Pump Street Londonderry County Londnderry BT48 6JG	B1	1780 – 1799
Bedlam Market 16 Pump Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6JG	B2	1820 – 1839
St. Columba's Church Parish Offices 18 Pump Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6JG	B1	1900 – 1919
20 PUMP ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1820 – 1839
26 PUMP ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1820 – 1839
28 PUMP ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1820 – 1839
First Derry Primary School (AKA Verbal Arts Centre) Stable Lane Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6PU	B+	1880 – 1899
12 Magazine Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HH	B2	1880 – 1899
23 Pump Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JG	B2	1840 – 1859
22 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	B2	1820 – 1839
Craigavon Bridge Londonderry Co. Londonderry	B+	1920 – 1939
Bishop's Parochial Houses St. Eugene's Cathedral Francis Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 9AP	B1	1860 – 1879
St. Eugene's Convent School Francis Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 7DS	B+	1840 – 1859
33 Great James Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 7DF	B1	1840 – 1859
13A LITTLE JAMES ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
22 Waterloo Place Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6BU	B1	1880 – 1899
CUSTOM HOUSE CUSTOM HOUSE ST. LONDONDERRY	B1	1860 – 1879
15 Chamberlain Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6LR	B2	1880 – 1899
35 GREAT JAMES ST LONDONDERRY	B2	1820 – 1839
15 Strand Road Londonderry County Londonderry (Bank O.I) BT48 7BJ	B2	1920 – 1939
Grand Central Bar 27 Strand Road Londonderry Co.Londonderry BT48 7BJ	B1	1880 – 1899
16-24 Waterloo St and 1,3 & 4 Castle Gate Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HG	B2	1900 – 1919
25 Strand Road Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 7BJ	B2	1880 – 1899
BISHOP'S HOUSE 46 FERGUSON ST. DERRY	D1 Record Only	—
Former St Columb's Convent Long Tower Primary School Long Tower Street Londonderry Co Londonderry BT48 6QQ	B2	1820 – 1839
ST. COLUMB'S CATHEDRAL ST. COLUMB'S COURT LONDONDERRY	A	1600 – 1649
15 The Diamond Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6HW	B2	1840 – 1859
13 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DJ	B2	1840 – 1859
BEETHOVEN HOUSE 30 SHIPQUAY ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1840 – 1859
Guildhall Shipquay Place Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DQ	A	1880 – 1899
Former Tillie & Henderson Shirt Factory Foyle Road Londonderry Co Londonderry BT48 6SQ	Record Only	1880 – 1899
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CARLISLE ROAD LONDONDERRY	B1	1860 – 1879
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SCHOOL CARLISLE ROAD LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
WHITEHALL CHAMBERS, HAWKIN ST. LONDONDERRY	Record Only	—
FACTORY 20A CARLISLE ROAD LONDONDERRY	B+	1860 – 1879
Methodist Church 19-21 Carlisle Road Londonderry County Londonderry BT47	B+	1880 – 1899
SYNOD HALL LONDON ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1820 – 1839
6-8 PUMP ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1860 – 1879
22 Pump Street Londonderry BT48 6JG	B1	1800 – 1819
24 PUMP ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1820 – 1839
Former fire station 1a Hawkin Street Londonderry Co Londonderry BT48 6RE	B1	1880 – 1899
ST. EUGENE'S CATHEDRAL FRANCIS ST. LONDONDERRY	B+	1860 – 1879
Fallers 12 Strand Road Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 7AB	B1	1880 – 1899
Archway Between 8-10 Strand Road Londonderry County Londonderry	B2	1880 – 1899
Derby Bar 63A Great James Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 7DF	B1	1880 – 1899
3-4 Bank Place Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6EA	B2	1880 – 1899
17 Foyle Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HH	B2	1880 – 1899
19 Pump Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JG	B2	1820 – 1839
21 Pump Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JG	B2	1820 – 1839
Post Office 3 Custom House Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6AA	B1	1860 – 1879
8 Palace Street, Londonderry, BT48 6PS	B2	1820 – 1839
19-21 FOYLE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1880 – 1899
20 LOWER MAGAZINE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1840 – 1859
14 LOWER MAGAZINE ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1860 – 1879
1 SHIPQUAY PLACE LONDONDERRY	B1	1880 – 1899
Former Northern Bank 39 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DL	B1	1840 – 1859
16 ORCHARD ST. LONDONDERRY	B2	1840 – 1859
5 – 15 Foyle Street (Commercial Buildings) Londonderry Co.Londonderry BT48 6AL	B1	1880 – 1899
Austins, 2-6 The Diamond, Ferryquay Street, Londonderry, Co.Londonderry, BT48 6HR	A	1900 – 1919
22-26 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DW	Record Only	1820 – 1839
2-4 Pump Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JG	Record Only	1860 – 1879
23 A Bishop Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6PP	Record Only	1860 – 1879
16 Bishop Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6UX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
26-28 Bishop Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6PP	Record Only	1820 – 1839
18-20 Bishop Street Formerly No.16 Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6PW	Record Only	1820 – 1839
No. 6 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1820 – 1839
No. 8 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1800 – 1819
No. 10 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1800 – 1819
No. 12 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1800 – 1819
Darcus Cottage 14 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1800 – 1819
Cathedral Cottage 16 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1800 – 1819
No. 18 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1840 – 1859
20 London Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RQ	Record Only	1840 – 1859
7-9 Ferryquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JA	Record Only	1900 – 1919
8-9 Artillery Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RG	Record Only	1820 – 1839
11 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
13 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
15 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
17 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
19 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
21 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
23 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
25 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
27 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
29 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
31 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
33 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
35 Fountain Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6QX	Record Only	1880 – 1899
Convent Chapel, Bishop Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6PR	D1 Record Only	—
The Walker Memorial Plinth Royal Bastion on the Grand Parade Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
City Wall Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
19 The Diamond Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
4 Ferryquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6JB	D1 Record Only	—
23-24 The Diamond Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HP	D1 Record Only	—
Presbyterian Young Men’s Association The Diamond Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HP	D1 Record Only	—
Former Derry Journal Office Shipquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6DN	D1 Record Only	—
Bank of Ireland 12 Shipquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6DN	D1 Record Only	—
21, 23 & 27 Shipquay Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6AR	D1 Record Only	—
City Hotel Whittaker Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
10 Foyle Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
Burns and Laird Princes Quay Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 7EZ	D1 Record Only	—
38 Foyle Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
Melville Hotel Foyle Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
YMCA 70-74 Foyle Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
69-79 Foyle Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6AT	D1 Record Only	—
81 Foyle Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6AT	D1 Record Only	—
70-74 Foyle Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
83-95 Foyle Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
Ozanam House Bridge Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6JZ	D1 Record Only	—
Albert Street / Fountain Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
Riverhouse Abercorn Road Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
8 Orchard Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6EG	D1 Record Only	—
10 Orchard Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6EG	D1 Record Only	—
12 Orchard Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6EG	D1 Record Only	—
14 Orchard Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6EG.	D1 Record Only	—
Former Ulster Bank Prince’s Quay Londonderry Co.Londonderry BT48 7EY	D1 Record Only	—
St Patricks School 13 Bridge Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6JZ	D1 Record Only	—
House, Artillery Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6RG	D1 Record Only	—
34 Hawkin Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6RE	D1 Record Only	—
O’Doherty’s Fort Magazine Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
Stevensons 10 Waterloo Place Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6BU	D1 Record Only	—
Ulster Bank Waterloo Place Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—
44-46 Waterloo Street Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT48 6HF	D1 Record Only	—
Sackville Street Londonderry County Londonderry	D1 Record Only	—

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About this profile

What is a ward?

A ward is the smallest electoral and statistical geography used by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The boundaries used here are the 2014 NISRA / OSNI Wards (462 across Northern Ireland), each typically covering 1-700 km² and a population of a few thousand. Wards do not align with parishes, townlands, or any historic administrative unit — they are a modern statistical convenience, used here only as a fixed spatial frame within which to summarise heritage records.

What counts as a site?

Three distinct heritage record types are reported separately, not combined: (1) Historic Sites — entries in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR), the inventory of recorded archaeological sites and findspots, dated from prehistoric to early-modern; (2) Scheduled Monuments — sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 and maintained by the Historic Environment Division (HED); (3) Listed Buildings — buildings of architectural or historic interest protected under the Planning Act (NI) 2011 and graded A, B+, B1, B2, or Record-Only by HED. A site appearing in more than one register is counted in each register independently.

Editorial principles

These ward profiles describe evidence, not history. They report what is recorded, not what occurred. Where the data is ambiguous, we say so. We do not infer historical processes — population movements, settlement expansion, periods of decline — from patterns in the record. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: in Northern Ireland, where antiquarian survey was uneven and modern excavation is geographically biased, a gap in the record almost always reflects the limits of recording rather than a genuine historical absence. We mark such gaps explicitly where they appear in the data.

Limits of coverage and known caveats

Several caveats apply to every ward profile: (1) NISMR coverage is uneven across NI — some areas (notably parts of the south-east and the Belfast urban fringe) have been more intensively surveyed than others, so a low recorded site count does not reliably indicate a low past density of activity; (2) period attributions in NISMR are often 'Unknown', and chronological breakdowns reported here reflect only the dated subset; (3) placename classification depends on the Irish-language form (name_ga), which is recorded for approximately 50% of NI placenames in the combined sources, so ecclesiastical and pre-Christian counts may be understated where anglicised forms remain unparsed; (4) terrain percentile ranks compare each ward only to the other 461 NI wards; they are not absolute thresholds. For absence-dominant land cover categories (wetland, water, cropland), percentile ranks are suppressed below 1% raw value, since the ranking of zero-value wards is not meaningful.

Data sources (11)

Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR)
Historic sites — counts, types, periods, coordinates

Historic Environment Division (HED), Department for Communities · Licence: Crown copyright; data published for public viewing
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/nismr-public-mapviewer
HED Scheduled Monuments Dataset
Scheduled Monument records — names, types, scheduled areas, periods

Historic Environment Division (HED), Department for Communities · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/@historic-environment-division/scheduled-monuments-northern-ireland
HED Historic Buildings Record
Listed buildings — addresses, grades, dates of construction

Historic Environment Division (HED), Department for Communities · Licence: Crown copyright; record published for public viewing
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/historic-environment/listed-buildings
OSNI OS Open Names (Northern Ireland)
Placenames — settlement and topographic feature names

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/@ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland/osni-open-data—50k-gazetteer
Logainm — Placenames Database of Ireland
Placenames — Irish-language (name_ga) forms, including NI townlands

Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University · Licence: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://www.logainm.ie/
GeoNames
Placenames — supplementary settlement and feature names

GeoNames · Licence: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://www.geonames.org/
Census 2021 (Northern Ireland)
Population — total residents, households, average household size

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/2021-census
OSNI Open Data — Largescale Boundaries
Ward and Local Government District boundaries

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/@ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland/osni-open-data-largescale-boundaries-wards-2012
Copernicus GLO-30 DEM
Terrain — elevation, slope, derived TWI

European Space Agency / Copernicus · Licence: Free and open access (Copernicus DEM data licence)
https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/collections/copernicus-digital-elevation-model
ESA WorldCover
Land cover — grassland, woodland, cropland, wetland, urban categories

European Space Agency · Licence: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
https://esa-worldcover.org/
GSNI 1:250,000 Geology
Bedrock geology, superficial deposits

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland · Licence: Crown copyright; open access for public viewing
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/maps/

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