What is recorded here

Carnagat holds workhouse burial grounds from the nineteenth century, marking a brutal era when poverty became a death sentence rather than a temporary hardship. The site preserves the final rest of people the system consumed, transforming cold administrative failure into sacred ground. Their names vanished into bureaucratic silence, but the earth kept them, demanding that compassion remember what ledgers erased.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Workhouse Burial Grounds. Recorded period: C19TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

A 19th-century workhouse burial ground; significant as a reflection of social and welfare history in the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.