The site of an early medieval 'lintel grave' cemetery was discovered in March 1976 by Mr I. Parker, Glentraugh Farm who found a slate-lined grave containing a skull during ploughing. An emergency excavation undertaken by Dr. Larch S. Garrard uncovered a total of 18 graves and it is probable that there are more in the area.


The site of 'stone cists' shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map are probably part of the same cemetery. The grave pits had been cut into the slate rock and lined with slate slabs. After burial the graves were covered with slate 'lintels'. Fifteen graves produced skeletal remains but there were no grave goods or other means of dating the site