What is recorded here

Clarus Fons, a Cistercian monastery in County Derry, has watched the borderland since medieval times. Its church and graveyard still hold the shape of prayers spoken centuries ago. Men may have built it to bring order to a wild place, and they may have failed halfway. The stones never stopped listening.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CISTERCIAN MONASTERY, MEDIEVAL & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLARUS FONS. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; LATE-MED; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Cistercian monastery, medieval and post-medieval church and graveyard; founded in the 12th century, it reflects the spread of Cistercian monasticism in Ireland. The site is significant for its religious, architectural, and historical associations with monastic life and later Christian worship in the region.

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