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Drumbo round tower is a Early Christian ecclesiastical site located near Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, comprising a round tower and the remains of a medieval church built upon the site of an earlier pre-Norman monastery. The round tower, a characteristic feature of Irish Early Christian monastic settlements, dates from the medieval period and would have served defensive and practical functions within the monastic enclosure. The superimposition of the medieval church upon the earlier monastic site demonstrates the continuity of religious use at this location across different periods of Christian development in Ireland. The monument represents an important example of the layered ecclesiastical history typical of Early Christian Irish sites, where successive phases of construction and religious activity accumulated over centuries.
Drumbo round tower, drumboo. round tower & site of medieval church & pre-norman monastery is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6461. View the official record →
Drumbo round tower is a Early Christian ecclesiastical site located near Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, comprising a round tower and the remains of a medieval church built upon the site of an earlier pre-Norman monastery. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6461.
Drumbo round tower, drumboo. round tower & site of medieval church & pre-norman monastery dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Drumbo round tower, drumboo. round tower & site of medieval church & pre-norman monastery 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 6461.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wwii air raid shelter (4.7 km), Lock 12, the island. canal lock, part of the lagan navigation - c.f. ihr 2680 (4.8 km), Lisburn castle, castle gardens, lisnagarvey. castle later artillery fort (site of) & gate (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drumbo round tower, drumboo. round tower & site of medieval church & pre-norman monastery'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.
Drumbo round tower, drumboo. round tower & site of medieval church & pre-norman monastery stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.