What is recorded here

Kilroot Church stands in County Antrim above an early monastic site and medieval parish church, layering modern worship onto ancient devotion. The graveyard holds a bullaun and holy well, inviting visitors to imagine monks drawing water there before recorded history. A scheduled monument, it preserves continuity from early Christian hermits through medieval parish life to present practice.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MODERN CHURCH; GRAVEYARD on site of Early MONASTIC SITE; Medieval PARISH CHURCH; GRAVEYARD with BULLAUN; HOLY WELL: KILROOT CHURCH or KILROTHE or KILLE ROOTHA. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MODERN; MED/L.MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Early monastic site and medieval parish church, with a holy well and bullaun stone; significant as a long-standing Christian place of worship and pilgrimage in the Kilroot area.

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