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The site of Church & graveyard at Crevinish Castle is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The church and its associated burial ground occupy land underlain by the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age bedrock comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate. This geological foundation is characteristic of the carboniferous deposits that underlie much of the county, providing both stone for local building and the naturally fertile soils typical of such mixed geology.
Post-medieval churches in this region frequently mark continuity of worship at sites of earlier religious significance, though the precise dating of this particular ecclesiastical establishment would require archaeological investigation. The combination of church and graveyard indicates a settlement focus of some permanence and community organisation. The site's proximity to Crevinish Castle suggests a relationship between the secular and religious structures that characterised rural settlement patterns in early modern Ulster.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 9210. Its location in the Fermanagh landscape, where ecclesiastical sites often cluster near water features and defensible positions, reflects both practical and spiritual considerations that governed the placement of post-medieval religious communities in the region.
Church (site of) & graveyard, at crevinish castle is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9210. View the official record →
The site of Church & graveyard at Crevinish Castle is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9210.
Church (site of) & graveyard, at crevinish castle 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 (site of) & graveyard, at crevinish castle 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 9210.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Counterscarp rath (6.1 km), Counterscarp rath (6.2 km), Abbey point, the ebby, the wee ebby. monastery (site of) (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Church (site of) & graveyard, at crevinish castle'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 (site of) & graveyard, at crevinish castle 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.