What is recorded here

Desertmartin Church stood in Knocknagin, County Derry, as a parish centre from the medieval period through later centuries. Its graveyard held generations of local dead, marking the community across time. The site remains a recorded archaeological place where worship and burial continued long after first building.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL & POST MED. PARISH CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DESERTMARTIN CHURCH. 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.

Medieval and post-medieval parish church and graveyard; likely 12th century to early modern period. It represents a key religious and community site in the Desertmartin area, with potential links to the ancient monastic tradition of the region.

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