What is recorded here

Capella de Villa Rili marked a medieval church and graveyard in Ballyrolly, County Down. It stood among ordinary lives, holding weddings, burials and quiet prayers until people stopped visiting. The name preserves a small community that time has blurred, while the ground still keeps what they placed there.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: Capella de Villa Rili. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Medieval chapel and graveyard; significant as a religious and burial site associated with a former estate, reflecting ecclesiastical practices and land use in medieval Northern Ireland.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.