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Ardagaualle is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard within an enclosure, located in County Down, Northern Ireland. The site represents a typical early Christian settlement pattern common throughout medieval Ireland, where religious communities maintained bounded lands containing church structures and burial grounds. The enclosure and associated earthworks are consistent with early medieval ecclesiastical organization, though the precise dating of initial establishment and subsequent phases of development requires further archaeological investigation. The site's various historical names, including the Irish-language variants recorded in documentary sources, reflect the linguistic complexity of medieval Irish place nomenclature and the site's enduring significance within the local landscape.
Ardagaualle, machairyedargawall, maccharedruall, meacarne-de-odargulla. medieval & modern church & graveyard with enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7484. View the official record →
Ardagaualle is a medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard within an enclosure, located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7484.
Ardagaualle, machairyedargawall, maccharedruall, meacarne-de-odargulla. medieval & modern church & graveyard with 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.
Ardagaualle, machairyedargawall, maccharedruall, meacarne-de-odargulla. medieval & modern church & graveyard with 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 7484.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (3.5 km), Raised rath (3.9 km), The temple, templemoyle. church & graveyard (4.4 km).
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