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C12TH CHURCH AND ENCLOSURE: ABBEY, DAVY'S ISLAND in Inish More OR Davys Island

C12TH CHURCH AND ENCLOSURE: ABBEY, DAVY'S ISLAND
C12TH CHURCH AND ENCLOSURE: ABBEY, DAVY'S ISLAND in Inish More OR Davys Island
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Davy's Island in County Fermanagh held a twelfth-century abbey church and enclosure, small enough to hide inside the lake yet important enough to anchor local faith. The medieval building probably rose beside water, drawing travellers who needed prayer, rest or burial before continuing across difficult country. Its stones may have fallen or sunk, but the scheduled site still marks the place where human hands shaped devotion on a narrow island.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as C12TH CHURCH AND ENCLOSURE: ABBEY, DAVY'S ISLAND. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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