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St Brecan's Chapel is a small early Christian ecclesiastical site located at St Columb's Chapel, Domnach Min-Cluane in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The chapel and associated graveyard occupy the location of an earlier Christian settlement, indicative of the continuity of sacred space that characterises many Irish ecclesiastical sites from the early medieval period onwards. The present structure represents a later medieval or post-medieval phase of use on a site with roots in early Christianity, reflecting the long liturgical and burial history of the landscape. The site preserves evidence of the layered religious occupation typical of ecclesiastical complexes in early Christian Ireland, where older sacred locations were repeatedly reused and rebuilt across centuries.
St brecan's chapel, st columb's chapel, domnach min-cluane. chapel & graveyard on earlier site is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11844. View the official record →
St Brecan's Chapel is a small early Christian ecclesiastical site located at St Columb's Chapel, Domnach Min-Cluane in County Derry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11844.
St brecan's chapel, st columb's chapel, domnach min-cluane. chapel & graveyard on earlier site 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.
St brecan's chapel, st columb's chapel, domnach min-cluane. chapel & graveyard on earlier site 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 11844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ebrington barracks. fortification (0.5 km), Linear, connected cellars (1 km), C17th windmill - ihr 02409 (1.8 km).
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