What is recorded here

Slanes church and graveyard hold a man-made passage beneath the soil, linking medieval devotion to modern curiosity. The cross slab marks buried time while the hidden tunnel suggests people once walked below the sacred ground. Perhaps prayer extended downward as far as it climbed upward.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; CROSS SLAB and Man-made underground passage. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL; C18TH. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Medieval Christian church and graveyard with a cross slab and a man-made underground passage, dating to the Early Christian to medieval period. The site is significant as a protected Scheduled Monument, reflecting early religious and burial practices in the region.

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