What is recorded here
Killinchy is a post-medieval settlement in County Down, Ireland, where human life clustered before modern boundaries drew their straight lines. The land may have supported farms, kitchens and arguments long enough to leave marks visible only to patience. What is certain is that people lived there repeatedly, shaping soil and memory together.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Killinchy. Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Modern Church on site of MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH & poss. PRE-NORMAN CHURCH in KillinchyModern Church on site of MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH & poss. PRE-NORMAN CHURCH · 107 yd
ENCLOSUREENCLOSURE, RATH? · 825 yd
Hen IslandIslet · 1.3 mi
Conly IslandIslet · 1.4 mi
Sketrick Castle (ruin)Castle · 1.5 mi
TOWER-HOUSE, BAWN & PASSAGE TO SPRING: SKETRICK CASTLE in Sketrick IslandTOWER-HOUSE, BAWN & PASSAGE TO SPRING: SKETRICK CASTLE · 1.5 mi
CHURCH (in ruins) in RathgormanCHURCH (in ruins) · 1.9 mi
The Round TowerVisitor information · 2.0 mi
Post-Medieval church & graveyard in TullynakillPost-Medieval church & graveyard · 2.3 mi
Island Reagh, Strangford LoughWalking route · 2.5 mi
Ringneill QuayBay · 3.0 mi
Raffrey Presbyterian ChurchChurch · 3.5 mi