Modern burial ground.


The parish of Arbory appears to have borne a dual dedication to St Cairbre of Coleraine and St Columbcille: medieval documents refer to 'terram Sancti Carebrie' (1153) and 'ad ecclesiam Sancti Carber' (1291), but also to 'terram Sti. Columbae, herbery vocatam' (1231) and 'Parochia Sti. Columbae' (1511).


The present late 18th century church stands towards the northerly edge of the burial ground as delineated on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868. The church which it replaced would have stood more centrally in the burial ground as shown, but it is difficult to be sure of the extent and limits of the cemetery in earlier times owing to the encroachments of more recent development to the east, west and south. Lintel graves have been found on several occasions when digging modern graves, in 1893 (to the south), 1902 (to the north) and 1951 (to the south-west). Graves were also found during building works outside the cemetery on the south side.


The grid reference is centred on the northerly extensions of the burial ground, which constitute the more recent extensions created after the Survey of 1868.