What is recorded here

Temple Effin, also called Templenelafin, marks a medieval church and graveyard in Cloghfin, County Antrim. The abandoned altar may have stood where village prayers still drifted through rain and wind. Its lost burying ground suggests that neighbourhood life clustered around worship, mourning and memory long before modern roads arrived.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (site of): TEMPLE EFFIN or TEMPLENELAFIN. Recorded period: MED/L.MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Medieval ecclesiastical site, dating to the Medieval and Late Medieval periods. It is significant as a former place of worship and burial, reflecting the religious and community life of the region during that era.

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