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Templenafertagh is a Neolithic ecclesiastical site located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, comprising a medieval dry-built masonry well, the site of a church, a graveyard, and a ring ditch. The site demonstrates the longstanding religious significance of the location, with evidence of occupation and sacred use extending from the Neolithic period through the medieval era. The dry-built masonry well represents the practical infrastructure of the medieval phase, whilst the graveyard indicates continued burial practices associated with the ecclesiastical function. The ring ditch, characteristic of Neolithic ritual or domestic structures, suggests the site's earliest phases of significance before its later ecclesiastical development.
Templenafertagh. medieval dry-built masonry well, church (site of), graveyard & ring ditch is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4935. View the official record →
Templenafertagh is a Neolithic ecclesiastical site located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, comprising a medieval dry-built masonry well, the site of a church, a graveyard, and a ring ditch. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4935.
Templenafertagh. medieval dry-built masonry well, church (site of), graveyard & ring ditch dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a ecclesiastical site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Templenafertagh. medieval dry-built masonry well, church (site of), graveyard & ring ditch 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 4935.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (3.7 km), Large, oval bivallate enclosure (3.9 km), Rath (4 km).
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