What is recorded here
Inch Abbey stands in County Down as a Cistercian precinct holding a graveyard and enclosure from the medieval era. Monks likely walked these grounds, praying beside water and leaving stones behind. The abbey still belongs to the state, protected from forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CISTERCIAN ABBEY & PRECINCT with GRAVEYARD & ENCLOSURE: INCH ABBEY; INNISCOURCY. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL; LATE-MED. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. 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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Photo: Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0