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Possible CHURCH site (from placename, Shankill) in Shankill

Possible CHURCH site (from placename, Shankill)
Possible CHURCH site (from placename, Shankill) in Shankill
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What is recorded here

Shankill in County Down may have hidden a church beneath later lives, though no exact date or surviving structure is recorded. The name itself carries the claim: a sacred place, a kiln or cliff edge, and a human hand that shaped the land before memory faded. What is certain is only that the site still exists on the official map, waiting for proof.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Possible CHURCH site (from placename, Shankill). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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