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MEDIEVAL and POST-MEDIEVAL CHURCH (in ruins); MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD & possible Man-made underground passage: RASHARKIN or ROSSERKAN in Glebe (rasharkin)

MEDIEVAL and POST-MEDIEVAL CHURCH (in ruins); MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD & possible Man-made underground passage: RASHARKIN or ROSSERKAN

What is recorded here

Rasharkin or Rosserkan in Glebe, County Antrim, holds church ruins from several ages beside a modern graveyard, with a possible man-made passage beneath the ground. The site has witnessed early worship, medieval continuity, post-medieval change and modern remembrance. Its layered buildings and hidden passage suggest a place where memory kept returning even when structures fell.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL and POST-MEDIEVAL CHURCH (in ruins); MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD & possible Man-made underground passage: RASHARKIN or ROSSERKAN. Recorded period: MED/L.MED; MODERN; POST-MED; E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval and post-medieval church ruins with a modern church and graveyard, likely dating to the 12th to 16th centuries. The site may include a possible man-made underground passage, indicating potential ecclesiastical or defensive significance in the region.

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