What is recorded here

Lissan Church in Tullynure, County Derry, has witnessed continuous Christian life from the Early Christian period through the Modern era. The graveyard holds layers of burial and prayer, marking one of the oldest sustained sacred sites in the region. People have gathered here for generations to worship, bury their dead, and remember what earlier hands had already placed beneath the soil.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern): LISSAN CHURCH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MED/L.MED; MODERN; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Early Christian to modern multiperiod church and graveyard; likely containing medieval and later burials. Significance lies in its long continuous use and potential for understanding ecclesiastical development in the region.

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