What is recorded here
White Abbey stood in County Antrim during the thirteenth century, marking the area where Premonstratensian monks lived and worked. The site remains scheduled, preserving the memory of a community that shaped the local landscape long before modern boundaries.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PREMONSTRATENSIAN ABBEY: WHITE ABBEY or DRUIN LA CROIX or DEULACRESSCE. Recorded period: C13TH. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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