CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (site of) & ENCLOSURE: KIRKHILL, CLONCONCHY in Ballymoran — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kirkhill in Clonconchy held a church, graveyard and enclosure from the medieval period into modern times, marking a settled religious community long before the building vanished. The land may have marked territory, hosted festivals or simply given neighbours a place to bury their dead and pray together. Whatever the church looked like, it shaped the hill and the hill still carries the memory of that repeated human commitment.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (site of) & ENCLOSURE: KIRKHILL, CLONCONCHY. Recorded period: POST-MED; MODERN; MED/L.MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath) likely dating to the early medieval period, possibly associated with the site of an ancient church and graveyard at Kirkhill, Clonconchy. Local tradition may link the area to early Christian settlement and folklore surrounding fairy hauntings of such sacred or ancient sites.

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