What is recorded here
Gorticross Field in Oghill, County Derry, holds the buried remains of a church dating from the early Christian or medieval period. The ground has forgotten the shape of its walls, but it still belongs to the people who prayed there before memory faded.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH (site of): GORTICROSS FIELD. Recorded period: E.C./MED. 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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