What is recorded here
No grave markers break the rocky soil, yet the old map still calls it a burial ground. That absence turns the cache into a living chamber where forgotten bodies may have rested before the land took them back.
There are no distinct features to indicate the 'Old Burial Ground' marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site is a raised rocky area roughly 35m E-W and 15m N-S.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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