What is recorded here

Children's burial ground in Glasalt OR Treanfasy is a low subcircular stone enclosure about twelve metres across on a rock neck in County Donegal, with a ten-metre wall blocking the southern approach. The small size, steep eastern drop and separate hut-like remains suggest a place set apart for the young or the vulnerable. Whether for children, travellers or those excluded from ordinary burial, the stones still draw a line around loss.

Internal diam. 12m. A low subcircular enclosure formed by a single course of stones .3m high. The possible remains of a subcircular hut circle abut the interior of the enclosing wall on the S side. It is situated on a neck of rock outcrop rising on the W side and dropping steeply on the E. The S approach is cut off by a 10m long stone wall. It is known as a children's burial ground. (M. R. Colhoun). 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 subcircular stone enclosure, possibly a burial or ritual site, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its association with a hut circle suggests a domestic or communal function alongside potential ceremonial use.

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