What is recorded here

Croch na Cille hides in a low pasture hollow beside a broad ridge, perhaps marking a lost church though no wall or trench remains visible. Nearby children’s graves and a worn bullaun stone suggest the ground held sacred uses long before the enclosure vanished. The missing church may have stood there only in memory, its stones scattered or buried while the landscape kept the shape of devotion.

In a low-lying natural hollow in improved pasture at the E foot of a broad ridge. Reported as a “destroyed ecclesiastical enclosure ‘Croch na Cille’” and possible church site (MA070-015001-) (SMR file). There is no visible surface evidence of an ecclesiastical enclosure, or a church site, at this location and while locals were aware of a Children’s Burial Ground (MA070-014002-) c. 90m to the WNW – and there is a bullaun stone (MA070-014001-) c. 120m to the WNW - they were unaware of the possible presence of a church or enclosure at the reported location. A ringfort (MA070-016----) stands c. 130m to the SE Date of visit: 15-11-2024 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan

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