What is recorded here
Killinakin holds a private graveyard where personal loss stayed hidden from public memory. The exact age remains uncertain, but the separation suggests a family or local group wanted its dead kept apart. That choice transforms ordinary soil into a chamber for forgotten grief, waiting for someone to remember why the boundary mattered.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PRIVATE GRAVEYARD. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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