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Fintona Old Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site comprising church ruins and an associated graveyard near Omagh in County Tyrone. The monument stands on bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, Chesterian sedimentary deposits of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate that underlie this part of Ulster. The church belongs to the later phase of Irish ecclesiastical building, when stone-built places of worship became established across the Protestant landscape following the Reformation.
The ruins and graveyard represent a focal point for the local community during the post-medieval period. Such sites often contain burials spanning several centuries, with gravemarkers and church structures recording changing tastes and beliefs. The sandstone-rich geology of the immediate area would have provided suitable building stone for the church's construction, as it did for many contemporary structures throughout Ulster.
The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Division's record at reference 15481 and is protected as a scheduled monument. Like many rural ecclesiastical sites in Northern Ireland, Fintona Old Church preserves evidence of the religious and social organisation of its locality during the early modern period, making it valuable for understanding post-medieval settlement and community life in the Omagh region.
Fintona old church. church ruins & graveyard is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15481. View the official record →
Fintona Old Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site comprising church ruins and an associated graveyard near Omagh in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15481.
Fintona old church. church ruins & graveyard 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.
Fintona old church. church ruins & 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 15481.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath one of a pair with tyr 051 (3.6 km), Rath (3.8 km), Rath - one of a pair with tyr 051 (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fintona old church. church ruins & 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.
Fintona old church. church ruins & graveyard stands on Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.