What is recorded here

Kilsarkan East holds a buried chamber behind its tombstones, waiting for patience rather than force. People cleaned the graveyard around 1980 and found a cave hidden there, but old stones already filled it, as if the earth had closed the door again. The place still smells of rain, root pressure and forgotten prayer.

A possible Man-made underground passage uncovered in Kilsarkan graveyard c. 1980 was described in 1987 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as follows; 'According to local information the church [KE049-086001-] and graveyard [KE049-086002-] were cleaned up for mass about 5 or 6 years ago. A 'Cave' was uncovered behind one of the old tomb stones at that time. It was infilled with old stones. According to local information a single tombstone is located immediately inside the gate of the graveyard. Two tombstones are situated close together while a third lies to the southwest of these two. The 'Cave' was located behind the latter’ (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Castleisland District Archaeological Survey. Date of upload: 20 April 2022

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