What is recorded here

Ard Kelly is a vanished children's burial ground hidden beneath ordinary farmland in County Donegal. No marker, stone or boundary remains visible on the flat-topped rise, yet the place was once set apart for the smallest dead. The land may have swallowed that sorrow whole, leaving only a field where grief was once kept separate.

There is no surface indication of 'Ard Kelly' a 'Burial Ground for Children' marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was sited on a flat-topped rise in cultivated land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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