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Ballyclog Old Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard situated near Cookstown in County Tyrone. The monument occupies bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that dates to the Ladinian period and underlies much of the local landscape. This solid foundation would have provided stable ground for the construction and long-term survival of the ecclesiastical structures, typical of sites chosen for religious buildings in the region during the post-medieval period.
The church and its associated graveyard represent a modest but significant element of the local religious landscape. The site reflects the pattern of parish church development that characterised rural communities across Ulster from the sixteenth century onwards, with graveyards serving as repositories for community memory across generations. The survival of both the church structure and burial ground at Ballyclog preserves evidence of religious practice and social organisation in the Cookstown area.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 14728, reflecting its importance to the heritage of Northern Ireland. The site's location at grid reference H8660073690 helps anchor its position within the documented archaeological and historical landscape of the region, enabling future study and conservation efforts.
Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14728. View the official record →
Ballyclog Old Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard situated near Cookstown in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14728.
Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ballyclog old church. 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 14728.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stewartstown castle. castle & village (3 km), Trivallate enclosure (3.2 km), Standing stone (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ballyclog old church. 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.
Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.