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Church & graveyard is a seventeenth-century ecclesiastical site located in Coleraine, County Londonderry. The monument occupies ground underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lavas and tuffs formed during volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period, some 60 million years ago. This ancient basaltic bedrock provided a stable foundation for the church's construction during the early modern period, when religious communities re-established themselves across Ulster following the Tudor plantations.
The site comprises both the church building and its adjoining graveyard, reflecting the dual function of seventeenth-century parish churches as places of worship and burial grounds for the local community. The church exemplifies Protestant ecclesiastical architecture established in post-Reformation Ireland, its physical presence marking an important shift in religious practice and territorial authority across the region.
The monument is protected under the Historic Environment Division's listing 11369, recognising its significance as evidence of seventeenth-century religious, social and settlement patterns in the lower Bann valley. The survival of both the church structure and burial ground together provides valuable information about community life and mortality practices during this formative period of Irish religious history.
Church & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11369. View the official record →
Church & graveyard is a seventeenth-century ecclesiastical site located in Coleraine, County Londonderry. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11369.
Church & graveyard dates from the c17th period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
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 11369.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath & souterrain (1.8 km), Mound, possibly motte (2.5 km), Rath (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 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.
Church & graveyard stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.