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Camus Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site located near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The church and its associated graveyard occupy ground underlain by Argyll Group bedrock, metamorphic limestone and marble deposits formed during the Neoproterozoic era, which gives the locality distinctive geological character. The site lies at grid reference H347309, within an area where such marble deposits have historically influenced both settlement patterns and local building traditions.
The church represents a phase of religious and community organisation in the post-medieval period, when many Irish parishes established or rebuilt their places of worship following the upheavals of the Reformation and Tudor conquest. The graveyard attached to the site reflects centuries of local burial practice and family settlement in the Strabane hinterland. Its survival as a recognisable earthwork demonstrates the continuity of this location as a focus for spiritual and communal life.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 14110, acknowledging its significance within the archaeological and architectural heritage of the region. The combination of church structure, graveyard, and distinctive geological setting preserves evidence of post-medieval society, land use and religious practice in early modern Ulster.
Camus church. church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14110. View the official record →
Camus Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site located near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14110.
Camus 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.
Camus 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 14110.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carnmore. court tomb (2.9 km), Ernaide, irnaide, ernaidhe. monastery, church, graveyard & cross-carved stone (5.5 km), Platform rath (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Camus 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.
Camus church. church & graveyard stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is marble, meta-limestone.