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Church gable is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site located in Derry, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference HB26:011925. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Roe Valley Group, a geological formation dating to the Tournaisian period, composed of sandstone and conglomerate with subordinate argillaceous rocks. This underlying geology is characteristic of the Carboniferous strata that underpin much of the wider Derry landscape.
The gable stands as physical evidence of religious activity in the post-medieval period, when the structure formed part of a church building that has since largely disappeared. The survival of the gable as a substantial architectural fragment indicates the robustness of its construction and its cultural significance to the local community. Such remnants are typical of ecclesiastical sites that continued in use, or were later abandoned, following the major religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The site's protection recognises its archaeological and historical value as a record of religious practice and building traditions in early modern Derry. Standing upon the stable sandstone and conglomerate bedrock of the Roe Valley Group, the gable remains a visible landmark anchoring the locality's spiritual heritage to the landscape.
Church gable is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11925. View the official record →
Church gable is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site located in Derry, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference HB26:011925.
Church gable 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.
Church gable 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 11925.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eglinton, grocers' buildings. plantation village site (0.1 km), Anti-aircraft operations room, dhp no.154 (2 km), Barrow (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Church gable'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.
Church gable stands on Roe Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Tournaisian. The rock here is sandstone, conglomerate and [subordinate] argillaceous rocks.