
What is recorded here
Clogher Cathedral in County Tyrone has stood through several ages, wearing a Pre-Norman church, an Augustinian friary and a modern cathedral like layers on one body. The graveyard, three crosses and two bullauns remain beside it, marking a place where worship and memory kept returning after every change.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PRE-NORMAN CATHEDRAL; GRAVEYARD; AUGUSTINIAN FRIARY; POST-MED. and MODERN CATHEDRAL; GRAVEYARD; 3 CROSSES; 2 BULLAUNS: CLOGHER CATHEDRAL or CLOCHAR or CLOCHAR-MAC-nDAIMENI. Recorded period: MED/L.MED; POST-MED; E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Pre-Norman cathedral and graveyard, later associated with an Augustinian friary and a post-medieval and modern cathedral; the site includes three crosses and two bullauns. It is significant as a long-standing religious and burial site with continuous use from early medieval times.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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