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Relig-an-Chaisill is a reused early Christian cashel and souterrain site in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, that later functioned as a killeen or children's graveyard. The monument consists of a ringfort enclosure containing the remains of earlier ecclesiastical and domestic structures, with a souterrain system integrated into its subsurface features. The site reflects the common medieval Irish practice of reusing pre-existing fortified enclosures for religious purposes, a pattern characteristic of the early Christian period's settlement patterns. Its later adaptation as a killeen demonstrates the continuity and evolution of ritual and burial practice at significant topographical locations throughout the medieval period and beyond.
The relig, relig-an-chaisill. cashel & souterrain, reused as killeen (children's graveyard) is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5650. View the official record →
Relig-an-Chaisill is a reused early Christian cashel and souterrain site in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, that later functioned as a killeen or children's graveyard. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5650.
The relig, relig-an-chaisill. cashel & souterrain, reused as killeen (children's graveyard) dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a cashel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The relig, relig-an-chaisill. cashel & souterrain, reused as killeen (children's graveyard) 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 5650.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The grey stone. standing stone (1.5 km), Vicar's cairn, vicer's carn, the monk's cairn, carnavanaghan, cairnamnhanaghan, carn-na-vanachan, vicar's carn. passage tomb (3.3 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (3.4 km).
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