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  • Boveagh Church

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Bovevagh Road
    Gortnahey
    BT47 4PZ
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/bovevagh-old-church-and-mortua…

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: C6676014010
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: LDY 024:011
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Boveagh Church

    This was the site of a pre-Norman church (a timber church – dertech – stood here in 1100) and of the medieval parish church. The present church ruin is medieval with later alterations, and although reported as ruined in 1622, it was repaired and used until the 19th century. It was entered by a south door and windows remain in the north, south and west walls. Near its south-west corner is a small mortuary house or saint’s grave, with a body-shaped cavity and hand-hole at the east end for access to the relics. Of rubble construction with a stone slab roof, it is simpler than the Banagher tomb but is of the same general type. A third in the county can be seen at Tamlaghtard, east of Bellarena station, with a ruined medieval church and holy well nearby.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Boveagh Church
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