Devenish Island

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Devenish Island is a historic monastic site on Lough Erne in Northern Ireland, renowned for its well-preserved round tower, church ruins, and early Christian carvings.

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Label Occurrences
Devenish Island canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
monastic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
abbeyChurchRemodelled 15th century ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalPeriod early Christian period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Molaise ⓘ
denomination Early Irish Church ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
foundedAs monastery ⓘ
foundedInCentury 6th century ⓘ
governedBy Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area ⓘ
greatChurchDate 12th century ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteType early Christian monastic settlement ⓘ
medieval ecclesiastical site ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial stone ⓘ
hasFeature early Christian carvings ⓘ
grave slabs ⓘ
high crosses ⓘ
medieval sculpture ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus Scheduled monument ⓘ
State Care Monument ⓘ
hasNearbySite Boa Island ⓘ
White Island ⓘ
hasStructure St Mary’s Abbey church ruins ⓘ
St Molaise’s House ⓘ
Teampall Mór (Great Church) ⓘ
round tower ⓘ
small oratory ⓘ
hasView panoramic views over Lough Erne ⓘ
locatedIn County Fermanagh ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Lough Erne ⓘ
locatedNear Enniskillen ⓘ
managedBy Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland ⓘ
partOf Lower Lough Erne ⓘ
linked to: Lough Erne
religion Christianity ⓘ
roundTowerDate 12th century ⓘ
roundTowerEntranceHeight about 3.6 metres above ground ⓘ
roundTowerHeight approximately 30 metres ⓘ
roundTowerStoreys four storeys ⓘ
sufferedEvent Viking raids ⓘ
burning in 1157 ⓘ
tourismActivity boat tours ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
wasImportant medieval pilgrimage centre ⓘ
monastic centre on Lough Erne ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Fermanagh → hasTouristAttraction → Devenish Island ⓘ
Fermanagh Lakelands → hasTouristAttraction → Devenish Island ⓘ
Lough Erne → hasIsland → Devenish Island ⓘ
Fermanagh → hasIsland → Devenish Island ⓘ