What is recorded here

Kinnagoe Burial Ground hides beneath a reclaimed field where the Owenboy river bends, trusting local tradition rather than visible stones to mark its boundary. The absence of surface features does not diminish the claim; it suggests the dead were laid into soil that later became farmland, their names erased but their presence absorbed into the land. A graveyard without graves is not an empty idea. It is a reminder that burial can be so complete it stops looking like burial at all.

A local tradition claims this site as a graveyard. There are no surface features. It is situated in a reclaimed field in a curve of the Owenboy river. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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