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Adam Corry, Ballycor is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard located in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. The monument occupies ground underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks, including mafic lava and tuff deposits that form part of the volcanic geology characteristic of the Antrim plateau. The site represents a typical medieval parish church arrangement, with the burial ground forming an integral part of the ecclesiastical landscape.
The church and its associated graveyard date to the medieval and late medieval periods, when such sites functioned as focal points for Christian worship and burial within their local communities. The exact layout and construction details of the church building remain to be fully documented, though the survival of the graveyard indicates continuous ecclesiastical use across several centuries.
Adam Corry, Ballycor is protected as a scheduled historic monument by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland under reference number 3042. This designation recognises the site's archaeological and cultural significance as evidence of medieval religious practice and settlement patterns in the wider Newtownabbey area.
Adam corry, ballycor. medieval church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3042. View the official record →
Adam Corry, Ballycor is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard located in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3042.
Adam corry, ballycor. medieval church & graveyard dates from the med/l.med period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Adam corry, ballycor. medieval church & graveyard 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 3042.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6.6 km), Barrow (7 km), Trivallate rath, conjoined with 051 (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Adam corry, ballycor. medieval church & graveyard's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Adam corry, ballycor. medieval church & graveyard stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.