Graveyard

In the NE quadrant of a circular enclosure (SL031-043001-). A roughly triangular burial ground (c. 22m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined N-ENE by a low curving bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.4m) which is also part of the enclosing element of the circular enclosure, defined on the straight W side mainly by the foundations of a drystone wall (Wth 1.1m) with an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.5m) at the N end, and defined on the straight S side by a scarp (H 1.8m). The entrance (Wth c. 3m) is at NE. Along the N arc the burial ground is cut into the hillslope and overlooked by a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m). The interior slopes down to S. While the N half contains many uninscribed grave-markers, there are very few in the S half. According to local information, the graveyard was used as a burial ground for unbaptized children. Named 'Grave Yard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and indicated as a roughly triangular area (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 40m NW SE) abutting the now levelled field boundary along the SW side. Noted by Wood-Martin (1887-8, 275), as an unfenced burial ground 'wherein children and strangers are still buried' and 'until very lately even adults of the neighbourhood were laid in it'. There is a rath (SL031-044001-) c. 50m to NNE.