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Friar's Quay is a medieval ecclesiastical site in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, comprising the remains of a monastery, an associated graveyard and a carved stone figure. The site is situated on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a formation of Visean age composed of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate. This geology would have provided local building stone for the monastic structures, as was customary for religious communities established during the medieval period.
The carved stone figure discovered at the site represents an early Christian representation, indicating the spiritual and artistic character of the monastery. Such sculptural fragments often survive as important evidence of monastic decoration and devotional practice, particularly where stone was readily available from the underlying geology.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 9194, reflecting its significance as a monument to medieval religious life in Ulster. The combination of structural remains, burial ground and carved stone testimony makes Friar's Quay an important archaeological record of monastic settlement in the region during the medieval period.
Friar's quay. monastery (site of), graveyard & carved stone figure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9194. View the official record →
Friar's Quay is a medieval ecclesiastical site in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, comprising the remains of a monastery, an associated graveyard and a carved stone figure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9194.
Friar's quay. monastery (site of), graveyard & carved stone figure 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.
Friar's quay. monastery (site of), graveyard & carved stone figure 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 9194.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath & possible house platform (7.1 km), Rath (7.3 km), Rath (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Friar's quay. monastery (site of), graveyard & carved stone figure's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Friar's quay. monastery (site of), graveyard & carved stone figure 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.