What is recorded here

Rath Cunga, an early ecclesiastical foundation in County Donegal, has been reduced to a low rectangular mound on a drumlin, yet it still commands wide views and sits above a holy well. The land has worn the building flat, but it has not erased the shape of the place. A church may have stood there in a time when faith moved quickly through Donegal, and children may have been buried nearby in the ground now called Racoo. The mound remains small, bare and exposed, the kind of mark that invites reverence more than explanation.

The disused Racoo 'Childrens Burial Ground' (DG103-011001-) occupies the site of the early ecclesiastical foundation of Rath Cunga (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 400). A low rectangular mound (DG103-011002-) is all that survives of the site now. It is situated on top of a drumlin, commanding wide views, at the base of which is a holy well. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 10) 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

Early ecclesiastical mound, likely medieval in date. It marks the site of a disused burial ground and former religious foundation, indicating historical Christian activity in the area.

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