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Camlin is a medieval church and graveyard situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 4476. The site occupies terrain underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks, mafic lavas and tuffs that form part of the ancient volcanic geology of the Antrim plateau. This bedrock, laid down over fifty million years ago during the Palaeogene period, would have presented medieval builders with durable stone for construction.
The ecclesiastical site comprises the remains of a medieval church with its associated burial ground, a settlement pattern common throughout Ulster from the early medieval period onwards. Such graveyards served the local population and often developed around monastic foundations or parish churches established to serve dispersed rural communities across the region.
The monument's survival and scheduled protection reflect its historical significance as evidence of medieval religious organisation and settlement in Antrim. The specific character of the site would have been shaped by its local topography and the availability of stone from the underlying volcanic rock, which determined both the feasibility of construction and the material resources available to those who established this place of worship.
Camlin, camelyn. medieval church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4476. View the official record →
Camlin is a medieval church and graveyard situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 4476.
Camlin, camelyn. medieval church & graveyard 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.
Camlin, camelyn. 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 4476.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bivallate rath (3.2 km), Rath (3.7 km), Counterscarp rath (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Camlin, camelyn. 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.
Camlin, camelyn. medieval church & graveyard stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.