What is recorded here
Three thirteenth-century coffin lids still mark the graveyard beside the white church in Ballywalter, County Down. The medieval site remains scheduled, preserving a place where local life likely gathered for worship, burial and memory long before modern records.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL CHURCH and GRAVEYARD; with 3 C13TH COFFIN LIDS: BALLYWALTER OLD CHURCH; WHITE CHURCH. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval Christian church and graveyard, 13th century, associated with early ecclesiastical activity in Ulster. The site is significant for its three 13th-century coffin lids and as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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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