Discover Alone, back to main map

Kilcurragh Grave Yard

Burial ground

What is recorded here

Kilcurragh Grave Yard is a small burial ground on an east-facing slope in County Galway, marked by a stone wall, scattered headstones, and a bullaun stone beside its entrance. It sits near a holy well, suggesting that grief, memory, and prayer once moved through the same place. The yard has since been absorbed into a larger graveyard, yet its boundary, stones, and quiet slope remain visible in the land.
On an E-facing slope in pastureland. On inspection in July 1983 this irregularly shaped burial ground (25m N-S; 20m E-W) was defined by a stone wall with an entrance at SE. A number of headstones and some small randomly spaced slabs were visible in the undergrowth. There was a bullaun stone (GA116-035001-) beside the entrance, on the N side, and a holy well (GA116-034----) c. 100m to the NE. Current OSi aerial imagery indicates that the burial ground has been subsumed into a larger graveyard. (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 514) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 3 February 2020

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
Recorded monument

Places near here

Add to this placeAdd a picture Comment or add a tip

Explore 1,118,481 places