What is recorded here
Camlin church stood in Ballydonaghy during the medieval period, its graveyard holding the dead of a community now forgotten. The stones marked a place where worship and burial were ordinary, where life and death shared the same ground. Time buried the nave and chapel, leaving only a scheduled shadow on the land. What remains is a reminder that Camlin existed, that people lived there, and that the earth kept their shape long after their names faded.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CAMLIN or CAMELYN (CRUMLIN) CHURCH. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; LATE-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval ecclesiastical site; dates to the Late Medieval period. Significance lies in its role as a religious and burial site, reflecting the Christian heritage and settlement patterns in the region during the medieval era.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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