The site was first documented by Davies, who described it as an oval enclosure marked by a handful of weathered headstones. Despite its recorded existence, modern archaeological surveys have found no trace of this cemetery, leaving its exact location and the stories of those buried there lost to time.

This vanished graveyard represents one of many forgotten burial sites scattered across the Irish landscape, where centuries of weather, agriculture, and changing land use have erased physical evidence of past communities. The original documentation comes from the comprehensive Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, compiled in 1983 by Brian Lacey and his team of researchers. This survey catalogued field antiquities spanning from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century, preserving vital records of sites that might otherwise be completely forgotten.

The absence of any remaining physical evidence at Killoughcarran raises intriguing questions about the site’s history. It may have been a small family plot or a burial ground for a community that has long since dispersed. The oval shape of the enclosure suggests it could date from the early Christian period onwards, when such forms were common in Irish burial practices. Without excavation or further discovery, however, the burial ground remains an enigma; a place where local memory and archaeological record preserve what the landscape itself no longer reveals.