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Ardglany is a medieval parish church and graveyard situated in the Moyle district of Northern Ireland. The site comprises the remains of an ecclesiastical settlement that served the local Christian community during the medieval period. Archaeological evidence at the location includes a cross-carved stone and a crozier, artefacts that attest to the religious significance of the place and the presence of clergy with formal pastoral authority. The monuments are protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 1499.
The bedrock beneath Ardglany consists of Mercia Mudstone Group strata formed during the Rhaetian period, comprising mudstone, sandstone and limestone deposits. This underlying geology would have shaped both the drainage characteristics and the building stone available to those who constructed and maintained the medieval settlement. The survival of carved stonework at the site demonstrates the persistence of ecclesiastical monuments through centuries of environmental exposure on this particular geological foundation.
Ardglany represents one of the parish churches that formed the backbone of medieval religious organisation in the north of Ireland. The presence of the crozier indicates formal ecclesiastical authority and administration, whilst the cross-carved stone reflects the Christian devotional practice and monumental commemoration customary within medieval graveyards. The site remains an important record of medieval parish life and spiritual provision in the region.
Ardglany's, ardclinis. medieval parish church & graveyard, cross-carved stone & crozier is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1499. View the official record →
Ardglany is a medieval parish church and graveyard situated in the Moyle district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1499.
Ardglany's, ardclinis. medieval parish church & graveyard, cross-carved stone & crozier 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.
Ardglany's, ardclinis. medieval parish church & graveyard, cross-carved stone & crozier 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 1499.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old graveyard, killacur, killyhurragh. children burial ground/killeen with cross-carved stone (2.9 km), Pump house (3 km), Garron tower, dunmaul, dunmaul. promontory fort (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ardglany's, ardclinis. medieval parish church & graveyard, cross-carved stone & crozier's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Ardglany's, ardclinis. medieval parish church & graveyard, cross-carved stone & crozier stands on Mercia Mudstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Rhaetian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.