What is recorded here

Green wood and pale stone rose together in Ballynacraig during the twelfth century, building a Cistercian house that still touches the land through buried markers. The monastery joined human prayer to the living breath of trees, creating a sacred space where wood and stone shared one purpose.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CISTERCIAN ABBEY: NA IUR, MONASTERIUM DE VIRIDI LIGNO. Recorded period: C12TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Cistercian abbey, 12th century. It is significant as a medieval monastic site associated with the Cistercian Order, which played a key role in the religious and economic development of medieval Ireland.

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