What is recorded here
Ruined church walls and a graveyard still mark Ballygalget, holding a medieval place under Scheduled protection. The stones may have stood through storms, prayers and forgotten burials before breaking into the earth. People likely gathered there for birth, death and ordinary life, leaving behind a quiet address for memory.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH (in ruins) & GRAVEYARD. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval church and graveyard; significant as a Scheduled Ancient Monument reflecting religious and community life in the medieval period.
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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