Movilla Abbey

As important as Bangor, Movilla was associated with Saint Finian of the 6th-century. As with many early monasteries, it was refounded as an Augustinian abbey in the Norman 12th century. It possesses the best collection of 13th Century coffin lids with foliate lids, in the Province. Only one stone survives from the pre-Norman monastery; they marked with a prayer for Dertrend ordodertrend. Later structures include the ruins of a 13th-century church rebuilt in the 15th-century. One mile east of Newtownards.Situated 1 mile east of Newtownards, on the south of the B172 to Millisle.