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CHURCH (site of) & 2 ANGLO-NORMAN COFFIN LIDS: KILLARNEID in Killarn

CHURCH (site of) & 2 ANGLO-NORMAN COFFIN LIDS: KILLARNEID
CHURCH (site of) & 2 ANGLO-NORMAN COFFIN LIDS: KILLARNEID in Killarn
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Killarneid holds two Anglo-Norman coffin lids and the faint memory of a church, proving death itself crossed the sea before the living arrived. The MEDIEVAL site suggests a brutal transition where foreign rites replaced older ones, forcing the dead into new shapes while the living watched. Perhaps a carpenter carved those lids under duress, learning Anglo-Norman symbols only enough to bury his own people correctly. The church vanished, but the coffins remained, marking the exact moment Killarneid stopped belonging solely to its original bloodline.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH (site of) & 2 ANGLO-NORMAN COFFIN LIDS: KILLARNEID. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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