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The relig graveyard enclosure is an uncertain earthwork situated in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument is recorded in the archaeological record as a graveyard enclosure of potentially early medieval origin, though its precise dating and archaeological character remain subject to scholarly review. The site represents one of numerous early Christian burial grounds that characterised the Irish ecclesiastical landscape, though the specific historical significance and physical dimensions of this particular enclosure are not fully established in current documentation. Its designation as an uncertain earthwork reflects the challenges of field archaeology in identifying and interpreting degraded upstanding remains of this type across the Irish landscape.
The relig. graveyard enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6039. View the official record →
The relig graveyard enclosure is an uncertain earthwork situated in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6039.
The relig. graveyard enclosure dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a earthwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The relig. graveyard enclosure 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 6039.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mcpartland's forth. double ringed cashel & souterrain (1.7 km), Cashel (1.9 km), Glasdrumman lough. crannog in glasdrumman lough (4.8 km).
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