What is recorded here

Carrowtrasna holds a rectangular burial ground where rock outcrop forms three sides and a half-metre stone wall completes the fourth. A northern ledge allegedly served as a mass rock, suggesting people gathered there to pray beside the dead. The site remains a quiet witness to faith and loss in County Donegal.

A rectangular enclosure defined on three sides by rock outcrop and on the fourth by a stone wall .5m high. A ledge of rock to the N was allegedly used as a mass rock. Situated in an area of rock outcrop. 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

A rectangular prehistoric burial enclosure, possibly dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age; its association with a mass rock suggests later ecclesiastical use during the penal era. The site reflects both ancient funerary practices and 18th-century Catholic worship in Ireland.

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