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On a level terrace of rough grazing (500’ OD), in an earlier enclosure (CL002-025002-) near the foot of Gleninagh Mountain with panoramic views over the Caher valley to E and through the Khyber Pass to Galway Bay at NW. Indicated and named ‘Formoyle Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the 6-inch OS maps and as ‘Cillín Formaoil’ on Robinson’s map (1977). An irregularly shaped burial ground (17.5m N–S x 14.7m E-W) defined by the earlier enclosure along its E side and by a low scarp elsewhere. Small plain unworked burial markers occur mainly in the N half, occasionally in E–W rows with small flat slabs to the S. Swan (1991, 108) recorded a bullaun and destroyed structure at this location, and suggested it was an early ecclesiastical site ‘degenerated… to the status of a killeen’. It is possible he confused this site with the bullaun (CL002-063001-) and church site (CL002-063002-) c.300m to the S. A deserted village ‘Cathair Bheannach’ that was still inhabited until at least the end of the 19th century (Gilmore 1995) lies c. 600m ESE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 2 December 2020
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