What is recorded here

Kilmacanny Graveyard holds a broad cross-shaped groove cut into a fallen slab beside a low mound, marking death in Donegal before written memory. The cross rises in relief at the centre of that groove while the mound undulates without clear edge, suggesting people shaped the land repeatedly rather than building one clean monument. The sea lies to the north and pasture to the east, so the marker still faces the same open country where it was set.

Kilmacanny Graveyard (DG065-011001-) consists of a subcircular mound (DG065-011002-) 17m in diameter and up to 2m in height. The mound undulates unevenly and its edge is difficult to determine in some places. There are a number of featureless grave-markers on the mound. One slab (DG065-011003-) on the W side of the mound has a small oval perforation (6.5cms × 4cms). In a ditch along a field boundary to the SE of the mound is a small cross-slab (DG065-011004-) 1.6m × 0.3m at the arms. On one face is a simple cross in relief at the centre of a broad cross-shaped groove. The site is located in a low-lying field with a wooded area to the S and W. To the E is pasture land and to the N the sea. 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

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