What is recorded here

Killininny may have been a graveyard, though no grave has ever been found there. The land in County Dublin still carries the shape of that unanswered question, waiting for someone honest enough to stop pretending they know it.

The OS Letters in 1837 describe a monastery (DU022-025001-) and graveyard (Herity 2002, 36). In 1990 proposed development on the periphery of this site necessitated the archaeological clearance of the areas to the north, east and south (licence no. E000586). No features were encountered and the only finds of archaeological interest were two sherds of Sgraffitto-type pottery, and a portion of a large quernstone. In the absence of evidence for enclosure or burial in the extensive areas examined, it remains doubtful whether this was ever a graveyard here (Swan 1991, 27). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25th April 2012

Monastic graveyard, medieval period. Significance lies in its association with an early Christian monastery, indicating long-term religious settlement in the area.

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