What is recorded here

Kilduncy in Dunsy Island, County Down, Ireland, held a Christian church and graveyard before the Norman arrival and through the medieval period. The exact spot has been lost, but the name still points to a place where people worshipped and buried their dead while the island changed around them.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PRE-NORMAN & MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): KILDUNCY. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Pre-Norman and medieval Christian burial site, dating to the Early Christian and medieval periods. It is significant as evidence of early ecclesiastical activity in the Dunsy Island area.

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