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Church, graveyard and enclosure is a medieval ecclesiastical site in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, located at grid reference H2311042930. The monument comprises the structural remains of a church together with its associated graveyard and an enclosing boundary, typical of Irish monastic or parochial settlements that developed through the medieval period. Such sites often served as focal points for local Christian communities, combining sacred and domestic functions within their defined precincts.
The site is situated on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age formation comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This mixed geology reflects the complex depositional history of the Carboniferous period in this region. The presence of these varied stone types would have influenced both the construction materials available to medieval builders and the groundwater conditions affecting settlement patterns in medieval Fermanagh.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, Northern Ireland, under reference number 10134. This designation recognises its significance as evidence of medieval religious life and land organisation in the county. The survival of the church structure, graveyard and enclosure together provides valuable archaeological and historical information about ecclesiastical settlement and community practice in medieval Ulster.
Church, graveyard & enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10134. View the official record →
Church, graveyard and enclosure is a medieval ecclesiastical site in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, located at grid reference H2311042930.
Church, graveyard & enclosure 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.
Church, graveyard & enclosure 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 10134.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rectangular enclosure (0.1 km), Multi-period church site - monastic site, medieval church & graveyard, cross-shaft & base etc. (2.3 km), Rath (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Church, graveyard & enclosure'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, graveyard & enclosure stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.