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Tullybrisland cross is an early Christian or medieval stone cross located in the townland of Tullybrisland near Limavady, County Londonderry. The monument stands on bedrock of the Roe Valley Group, a Tournaisian sandstone and conglomerate formation that underlies the Limavady area. This local geology has provided the raw material for numerous carved monuments throughout the region, though the cross itself may have been worked from stone brought to the site or quarried nearby.
The cross represents an important phase in the ecclesiastical and commemorative traditions of early Christian and medieval Ireland. Such monuments typically marked burial grounds, monastic precincts or significant secular sites, serving both spiritual and territorial functions within their communities. The precise dating of Tullybrisland cross within the early Christian or medieval periods remains to be confirmed by detailed architectural analysis.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under record number 13276, recognising its cultural significance within the wider landscape of Limavady. This protection ensures the preservation of the cross as evidence of religious practice and stone-carving skills among the peoples of the Roe Valley during the early medieval centuries.
Tullybrisland cross. cross is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 13276. View the official record →
Tullybrisland cross is an early Christian or medieval stone cross located in the townland of Tullybrisland near Limavady, County Londonderry. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 13276.
Tullybrisland cross. cross dates from the e.c./med period, and is classified as a cross. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tullybrisland cross. cross 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 13276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval church & modern graveyard, possibly on site of c7th monastery (1.9 km), Rath (3.1 km), Church gable (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tullybrisland cross. cross'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.
Tullybrisland cross. cross stands on Roe Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Tournaisian. The rock here is sandstone, conglomerate and [subordinate] argillaceous rocks.