What is recorded here
Loughguile church and graveyard stood in Castlequarter from the medieval period onward, marking a settled community in County Antrim. People likely worshipped, buried their dead and gathered there through centuries of change. The site still belongs to the living because so much human life depended on it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: LOUGHGUILE or LOGHKELL. Recorded period: MED/L.MED; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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