What is recorded here
In Manister, County Antrim, an unidentified monastery waits beneath the grass, its exact chamber hidden from modern eyes. The official record preserves the name but withholds the position, forcing imagination to complete what measurement abandoned. Perhaps monks still walk the buried cloister, their footsteps muffled by centuries of soil. The absence becomes a room of its own, inviting curiosity rather than demanding proof.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MONASTERY (O.S. memoir site; unlocated). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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