Church (in ruins)

The church is located on a distinct rise within a graveyard which is enclosed by a stone wall. A stream runs along the bottom of the graveyard which is N facing. This church was in use in 1547 (Ball 1906, 133). The Book of Reference to the Down Survey (1655-6) mentions the ruins of an old chapel (Simington 1945, 292). Today the W gable is the most prominent feature of the church. Built of roughly coursed masonry using very large blocks and large squared-off quoins. It is a relatively small building (int. dims L 8.5m, Wth 4.4m, T 0.95m) entered through a pointed, segmental W doorway. The interior is lit by a plain rectangular ope with a deeply splayed embrasure above the doorway. There are remains of the S jamb of a window in the SE. A corbel low down on the N wall indicates the extent of collapse in the interior. Building collapse extends for a distance of 5m around the perimeter of the church (Anon 1914, 271; Ball 1906, 132-133).