Old graveyard, County Donegal (DG026-024003-)

The official description records surviving remains. Its missing or destroyed wording refers only to one part of this place or to a different nearby feature. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

There is no trace of the 'Church in ruins' (DG026-024001-) shown here on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It was located inside the graveyard (DG026-024003-) close to the shore of Sheephaven Bay near Doe Castle. 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).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG026-024003

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