What is recorded here
Killyvallagh church stands beside a graveyard and a worn bullaun stone in Ardicoan, County Antrim. The site may mark an early Christian place, though its exact origin is uncertain. A church built there would have given the surrounding land a centre for prayer, burial and memory. The stone, graveyard and church still suggest that people continued to gather where earlier beliefs already lived.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH; possibly on early site; GRAVEYARD; BULLAUN: KILLYVALLAGH or GLOONAN. Recorded period: MODERN; UNCERTAIN; E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Listed. 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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