What is recorded here
Dead Island in County Derry is a burial ground where the sea keeps its own counsel. The provided facts point elsewhere, so much of its life remains hidden beneath that name. Perhaps people carried bodies to its edge, watched the water take them, and stopped asking the island to give them back.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BURIAL GROUND - KILLEEN: DEAD ISLAND. 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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