What is recorded here
Naghan in County Down may hide an ecclesiastical enclosure or medieval settlement, though no date or boundary survives. The land could have held a chapel, a village or both, with people moving through fields now forgotten. Its exact shape has slipped away, leaving only a possible place and a reminder that ordinary ground may cover lost lives.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Possible ecclesiastical enclosure or medieval settlement site. 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
Places near here
Seaforde Woodland WalkWalking route · 275 yd
Seaforde HouseCastle · 1364 yd
AP CropmarkAP Cropmark, Possible bridge/crossing point over Blackstaff River · 1697 yd
CHURCH: DRUMCATH in DrumcawCHURCH: DRUMCATH · 1738 yd
Clough CastleCastle · 1.2 mi
ENCLOSURE in ArdileaENCLOSURE · 1.9 mi
MOTTE in ArdileaMOTTE · 2.0 mi
Loughinisland massacremassacre · 2.1 mi
Loughinisland ChurchesVisitor information · 2.2 mi
Eleven Acres WoodForest · 2.3 mi
Bohill ForestWalking route · 2.5 mi
Man-made underground passageCave · 2.6 mi