
What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as NEWTOWNARDS PRIORY: CHURCH OF DOMINICAN FRIARY. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: State Care. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Newtownards Priory: Church of Dominican Friary was built by the Dominican Order in the 13th or 14th century. It is a medieval religious site, reflecting the spread of the Dominican friars in Ireland and significant as a former house of the Order in County Down.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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