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Killadeas is an early Christian ecclesiastical site located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, comprising a church and graveyard with four notable carved stones of medieval date. The site is known particularly for its holed stone and the so-called Bishop's Stone, carved stones which represent significant examples of early medieval sculpture and likely served ritual or commemorative functions within the Christian community. The yellow church, a more recent addition to the site, stands among these earlier monuments. The carved stones at Killadeas demonstrate the sustained religious importance of the location from the early Christian period through the medieval era, preserving material evidence of ecclesiastical practice and stone-carving traditions in early medieval Ulster.
Killadeas, yellow church, holed stone, the bishop's stone. church & graveyard with 4 carved stones is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9781. View the official record →
Killadeas is an early Christian ecclesiastical site located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, comprising a church and graveyard with four notable carved stones of medieval date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9781.
Killadeas, yellow church, holed stone, the bishop's stone. church & graveyard with 4 carved stones 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.
Killadeas, yellow church, holed stone, the bishop's stone. church & graveyard with 4 carved stones 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 9781.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (7.3 km), Burial ground/ enclosure (7.3 km), Crannog in drumgay lough (7.5 km).
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