What is recorded here

Five metres across and no more, the Children's Burial Ground in Carndoagh fits inside a single course of large stones on a natural mound. Mapmakers called it a fort before they remembered the children, but the small size resists that grand claim. The stones may have been reused from an older cashel, yet they still surround a place where young lives ended and were hidden from the ordinary world.

Internal diam. 5.5m. A subcircular area enclosed by a single course of large stones. There is some evidence of a possible second wall further down the natural mound on which the site is located. This was marked as a 'Fort' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a 'Children's Burial Ground' on the other editions. It could be a reused cashel but seems very small. 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 Neolithic stone circle or cairn, possibly a burial monument; significance lies in its potential as an early communal burial or ritual site, though its exact function remains unclear.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.