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Davy's Island Abbey is a twelfth-century ecclesiastical site comprising a church and associated enclosure located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The abbey occupies an island position within the local landscape, typical of early medieval monastic foundations which frequently exploited remote waterside locations to combine spiritual isolation with practical access to transport routes. The underlying bedrock consists of Tyrone Group strata formed during the Visean period, comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. This geology would have influenced both the construction materials available to the medieval builders and the character of the island's immediate surroundings.
The site comprises a rectangular stone-built church structure together with an encompassing enclosure wall, characteristic of the monastic planning conventions of the twelfth century. Such ecclesiastical complexes typically served as centres of worship, learning and community provision across the medieval Irish landscape. Davy's Island Abbey remains an important survival of this religious and architectural tradition in the region. The monument is protected under Historic Environment Division reference 9502.
Abbey, davy's island. c12th church and enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9502. View the official record →
Davy's Island Abbey is a twelfth-century ecclesiastical site comprising a church and associated enclosure located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9502.
Abbey, davy's island. c12th church and enclosure dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Abbey, davy's island. c12th church and enclosure is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 9502.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (7.6 km), Bivallate rath (7.9 km), Rath (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Abbey, davy's island. c12th church and enclosure's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Abbey, davy's island. c12th church and enclosure stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.