What is recorded here
Grass and gravel still mark the burial edge in Slawin, County Fermanagh. The official name is GRAVEYARD & ENCLOSURE, and the period is E.CHRIST.. Stones may have stood there before written memory, holding the dead apart from the living road. What is certain is that the place existed as a grave boundary, not an ordinary field.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as GRAVEYARD & ENCLOSURE. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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