Grave Yard — Knockpatrick

The saved record identifies Grave Yard — Knockpatrick as Burial ground. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date. The saved detailed account records: An approximately rectangular graveyard rising towards the centre and enclosed by a modern wall. There is a large, earthfast granite boulder to the S of centre has the so-called imprints of St Patrick's feet, crozier point and an incised cross. The now blocked well (KD040-010002-) is mentioned by Jackson (JKAS 1979-80, 140). Date of upload: 8 September 2016

Its classification points to burial or commemoration. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.

No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.

The public record still maps Grave Yard — Knockpatrick as Burial ground. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.

The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with burial ground. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.