What is recorded here

Knocklayd rises 1,685 feet above the sea, its semi-spherical shape visible from Scotland and the dangerous coast where tides collide near Rathlin. The Glenshesk river cuts eight miles through the parish, carrying stones from Slieve an Orra to Ballycastle Bay. Hugh Boyd founded local industries around 1740 when the town held only three houses and a mill. Ramoan church stands on a pre-Norman site, marking continuous worship through medieval and modern times in this exposed northern landscape.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RAMOAN CHURCH and GRAVEYARD: Site of Medieval parish church & graveyard on pre-Norman church site; now modern graveyard. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MODERN; MED/L.MED. Recorded protection: Listed. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Medieval parish church and graveyard with a pre-Norman foundation; the site indicates continuity of religious use from early Christian times through the medieval and modern periods. Its significance lies in reflecting the evolution of ecclesiastical settlement in the region.

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