What is recorded here
Drumnacanon still holds a church and graveyard though no exact date remains attached to its stones. That absence does not weaken the place; it refuses a narrow story. People may have prayed there, buried their dead there and left the land quiet enough for roots to hold the shape of the building. The missing date becomes a room where imagination enters.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH & GRAVEYARD. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Tamlaght O'Crilly ChurchChurch · 40 yd
Historic Settlement Tamlaght (Churchtown) in DrumnacanonHistoric Settlement Tamlaght (Churchtown) · 44 yd
ENCLOSURE in Killymuck GlebeENCLOSURE · 1.1 mi
Scroggy Mass RockNamed rock · 2.2 mi
Big Gortgole ForestForest · 3.5 mi
St. John The Baptist RC ChurchChurch · 3.5 mi
Bracknamuckley ForestWood · 3.9 mi
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND in KilreaCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND · 3.9 mi
FORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) in GlenoneFORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) · 4.0 mi
CASTLE (site of): PORTGLENONE CASTLE in GarvaghyCASTLE (site of): PORTGLENONE CASTLE · 4.4 mi
Craigadick Picnic AreaPicnic place · 5.7 mi
TullyMountain / peak · 6.5 mi