What is recorded here
Middle Island in Ballynaleney, County Antrim, held a church and graveyard before the land changed or memory faded. The exact date escapes us, but the function is plain: people died, were buried, and others stood beside them in prayer. That much certainty is enough to refuse forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (site of): MIDDLE ISLAND. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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
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