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E.CHRIST. MOUND is a early Christian mound located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument dates to the early medieval period and represents a type of ecclesiastical settlement characteristic of early Christian Ireland, when monastic communities and their associated structures were marked by distinctive earthworks. The mound would have functioned as a raised platform or defensive feature within an early Christian settlement landscape, typical of sites that developed around monastic foundations during the fifth to eighth centuries. Such monuments are important archaeological indicators of the spread and consolidation of Christianity in medieval Ulster.
Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1819. View the official record →
E.CHRIST. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1819.
Mound dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mound 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 1819.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone (0.7 km), Lisnacannon. multivallate rath (2.2 km), Lough tarmin, loughtamand, lough tammin, loughtammin, loughtamin, loughtarmin, lough toman, lough tamin, lough tamand. crannog in former lough tamin (2.5 km).
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