Clones Market House · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Clones, recorded since 825: 69 buildings on the National Inventory
Clones has kept more old homes than most towns: 25% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Clones counts 69 buildings, 5 of them of national importance. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 19 archaeological sites.
Landmarks of Clones, in 9 photos
Of the buildings pictured in Clones, Clones High Cross is the oldest, from 825. The photos cover 9 of Clones’s recorded places; the rest have a record card. Among Clones’s top-rated places, 4 are pictured.
Abbey Church, ClonesNational monument to visit
Clones Round Tower and SarcophagusNational monument to visit
Clones High CrossNational rating (NIAH)
Clones Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)
Clones Masonic HallRegional rating (NIAH)+4See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Most of Clones’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
5 of the 69 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Clones High Cross, from 825.
Where Clones’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is the State’s survey of buildings from 1700 to today, county by county; each record gives a rating, dates, a type and an appraisal. Being on it is not legal protection: that is each council’s Record of Protected Structures.
Points from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and the Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
5 places of national importance in Clones
Buildings the National Inventory rates National or International: of significance across Ireland or beyond. With 2 national monuments the State cares for and opens to visitors. Each one opens its own page.
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Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
All 32, A to Z
34 recorded by their type and address
34 are recorded only by their type and address: 26 homes, 3 inns, shops and warehouses and 2 public buildings; most date from the 19th century.
Fermanagh Street has the most
Streets with three or more buildings on the record, by the address it gives.
Of the 71 records, 40 give a street address.
In Clones, homes lead the record (61%)
Among the highest-rated: Clones High Cross and Clones Market House. That mix leans to public buildings: 14% in Clones, against 6% across the National Inventory. Clones shows 9 kinds of building on its record.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Archaeology in Clones
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
19 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Ringfort - rath3 records |
| Church2 records |
| Graveyard2 records |
| Burial2 records |
| Crannog1 record |
| Castle - motte and bailey1 record |
| Bastioned fort1 record |
| Round tower1 record |
| Shrine1 record |
| Cross - High cross1 record |
| Inscribed stone1 record |
| Building1 record |
| House - 17th century1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
Just outside Clones: 35
| Anlore BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Ballynure HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Bensons BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Bishops CourtRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Cumber BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Killycoonagh HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Priests BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Carra Old BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Drumard HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.5 km outside the town |
| Teehill HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Scarvy BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Clonboy (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Scarvy House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.9 km outside the town |
| Scarvy House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Teehill House (bridge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Cloncurrin House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Cloncurrin House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Cloncallick HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 2 km outside the town |
| Ardeen HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Ladas LodgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
More of Clones’s homes date from 1946 to 1980 than from any other period: 28%
Building in the 2000s fell short in Clones: 12%, against 25% in most towns. Homes dated between the wars are commoner in Clones than in most towns: 18%, against 3.9%. Only 11% of Clones’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 24%.
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
8 notable people born in Clones before 1900
From Thomas Kelso (1784) to James Cecil Parke (1881): their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Everyone born in Clones → Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Clones and its neighbours
Clones in brief
Clones’s oldest monument, Clones High Cross, dates from 825. In all there are 71 places on the record, 5 of them in the top tier. Of its homes, 25% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Abbey Church, Clones sits at the heart of it all, with 4 of the town’s places of national importance within 400 m.
On Fermanagh Street alone there are 10 places on the record. Of the whole list, 61% are homes. Most of its dated monuments come from the 19th century: 42 of 69.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Clones’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Clones?
69 buildings on the National Inventory, 5 of them of national importance, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Which places in Clones are of national importance?
Abbey Church, Clones, Clones Round Tower and Sarcophagus, Clones High Cross, Clones Market House and Clones Railway Station.
What is the oldest building in Clones?
Clones High Cross: the first date on its record is 825.
Are there archaeological sites in Clones?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 19 archaeological sites inside Clones.
How old are the homes in Clones?
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata and English Wikipedia for people born here · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).