What is recorded here
Killafaddy, Drumconwayll: CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (site of) & OGHAM STONE, County Armagh. Early Christian dates remain uncertain, yet the ogham stone still exists, moved to the Armagh Diocesan Library. The church and graveyard have vanished from the land, leaving behind a marker rather than a building. What is lost is not forgotten; it has changed its shape.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (site of) & OGHAM STONE: KILLAFADDY, DRUMCONWAYLL (stone now in Armagh Diocesan Library). Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Early Christian ecclesiastical site with an associated ogham stone, dating to the 5th–7th century AD. The ogham inscription is significant as an example of early Irish literacy and territorial markers in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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