What is recorded here

Ardclinis in County Antrim holds a medieval parish church, graveyard, cross-carved stone and crozier dated uncertain to the twelfth century. The site remains scheduled, preserving a place where local worship and burial continued long after its founding. People may have gathered there for feast days, funerals and quiet prayer beneath an open sky. The cross and crozier suggest a cleric once walked among them, marking death and faith with equal confidence.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; CROSS-CARVED STONE; CROZIER: ARDGLANY'S or ARDCLINIS. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; C12TH; MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Medieval parish church and graveyard, 12th century, with associated cross-carved stone and crozier. The site is significant as a religious and funerary monument of the medieval period in Northern Ireland.

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