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TWO EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES: CHURCHES OF DERE in Derry

TWO EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES: CHURCHES OF DERE
TWO EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES: CHURCHES OF DERE in Derry
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Two early Christian churches stood in County Down, their stone foundations still marking the ground where dere gathered to pray. They belonged to the first centuries of faith in Ireland, when worship happened in small open places before grand cathedrals rose elsewhere. The land remembers them because people kept returning, building and believing there.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as TWO EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES: CHURCHES OF DERE. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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