![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Photo-1-The-Battle-Garden-associated-withe-Moravian-Church-in-Kilwarlin-County-Down_.png\")
The Battle Garden associated with the Moravian Church in Kilwarlin, Co Down(Image: DfC)<\/p>\nThe protected status gives formal recognition to their historic significanceThe Battle Garden associated with the Moravian Church in Kilwarlin, Co Down(Image: DfC)<\/p>\n
The latest historic hidden gems to be listed in Northern Ireland have been revealed this week.<\/p>\n
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has welcomed the recent designation of a number of new historic monuments and buildings across Northern Ireland.<\/a><\/p>\n St Patrick’s Chair and Well in Co Tyrone<\/a>, the remains of World War 2 wharfs where the German U-Boats famously surrendered to the Allied Forces at Lisahally in Co Derry<\/a>, and a unique battle garden at Kilwarlin Moravian Church in Co Down<\/a> are among sites added to the schedule of historic monuments this week.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Belfast kids uncover Woodvale Park’s ‘hidden history’ during community dig<\/a>READ MORE: Lower Shankill housing development linking back to area\u2019s industrial history<\/a><\/p>\n A number of granite milestones on the old Enniskillen<\/a> to Dublin coach road in Co Fermanagh<\/a> were also protected as listed buildings.<\/p>\n Minister Lyons said: \u201cScheduled historic monuments and listed buildings are among the most important parts of our built heritage, and the structures we have protected this week represent a microcosm of our rich heritage.<\/p>\n \u201cI am pleased that my Department has taken steps to identify and protect these unique aspects of Northern Ireland\u2019s rich and varied historic environment.<\/p>\n \u201cThese special places, alongside many others already designated, provide an important narrative in our landscape of the very valuable and diverse history of the places in which we all live.\u201d<\/p>\n Designation of the sites gives formal recognition to their significance and provides a regulatory framework for activity that would change or alter them. This is implemented through either the Department (Scheduled Monuments) or the local planning authority (Listed Buildings).<\/p>\n This regime will ensure their historic importance<\/a> is understood and taken into account as they continue to be managed into the future or as changes are proposed.<\/p>\n To find out more about your local heritage, please click here.<\/a><\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> here<\/a> and sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The protected status gives formal recognition to their historic significanceThe Battle Garden associated with the Moravian Church in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[80195,88580,89729,80196,21747,81144,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-co-derry","9":"tag-co-down","10":"tag-co-fermanagh","11":"tag-co-tyrone","12":"tag-department-for-communities","13":"tag-in-the-know","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115672033513723992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"St](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Photo-2-St-Patricks-Chair-at-Altnadaven-County-Tyrone_.jpg\")
St Patrick’s Chair at Altnadaven, Co Tyrone(Image: DfC)<\/p>\n