What is recorded here
Bradach in Breda, County Down, holds a medieval church and graveyard where stone and soil still mark the lives of people long gone. The site has survived into the post-medieval period, keeping a continuous shadow across the land. That continuity suggests worship, burial and memory belonged to the same place long before modern borders drew their lines.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as GRAVEYARD & site of MEDIEVAL CHURCH: BRADACH. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval church site and graveyard; dates to the Medieval period. Significance lies in its association with ecclesiastical activity and post-medieval burial practices in the region.
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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