This roughly circular mound, measuring about 50 feet in diameter, is partially edged with large stones and an earthen bank; a feature that local tradition firmly identifies as an ancient burial ground. While no formal excavations have confirmed this belief, the site's characteristics certainly suggest it could have served as...
Children’s burial ground, Millford, Co. Donegal
Known locally as 'Ard Kelly', this unremarkable patch of cultivated land once served as a burial ground specifically for children. Whilst you won't find any markers or monuments today, and the site doesn't even appear on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, its significance remains etched in the collective...
Ecclesiastical site, Dooish, Co. Donegal
Known as Templemonaghan, meaning 'old church', this ecclesiastical site has left no visible trace on the Ordnance Survey 6-inch maps, yet its memory persists in the collective consciousness of the area. The site lies on the southern side of the river valley, its exact location now known only through oral...
Graveyard, Castledoe, Co. Donegal
Within its weathered boundaries once stood a church, marked on older Ordnance Survey maps but now completely absent from the landscape. The structure, recorded as a 'Church in ruins' on historical surveys, was positioned close to the water's edge, not far from the imposing Doe Castle that still dominates the...
Church, Castledoe, Co. Donegal
This vanished structure, noted simply as 'Church in ruins' on historical records, was situated close to the water's edge, its exact location marked only by the archaeological designation DG026-024003. By the time the second edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch maps was produced, the church had completely disappeared from the...