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The Rhellick, Killeen is a possibly multi-period ecclesiastical or secular settlement site in Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The monument may comprise a cashel, souterrain and uncertain graveyard, though the specific functions and dates of these features remain unclear from the current evidence. It lies on bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, comprising sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposits formed during the Ladinian period, which would have provided manageable digging conditions for any underground structures.
The site has been recorded as a rhellick, a term applied to archaeological monuments of ambiguous or mixed character. The possible souterrain suggests occupation or use during the early medieval period, when such underground chambers served domestic, defensive or ritual purposes across Ireland and Britain. The suggested cashel, if present, would represent a stone-built enclosure characteristic of early Christian or later medieval settlement in the region.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 12010. The uncertain designation of the graveyard component indicates that burial activity at the site has not been definitively established or dated. Further archaeological investigation would be necessary to clarify the chronology, function and phasing of occupation at The Rhellick.
The rhellick. killeen, possibly cashel & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 12010. View the official record →
The Rhellick, Killeen is a possibly multi-period ecclesiastical or secular settlement site in Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 12010.
The rhellick. killeen, possibly cashel & souterrain dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a graveyard. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The rhellick. killeen, possibly cashel & souterrain 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 12010.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including King's fort, rings fort. rath (0.9 km), Wedge tomb (1.5 km), Bivallate rath (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The rhellick. killeen, possibly cashel & souterrain's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
The rhellick. killeen, possibly cashel & souterrain stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.