Medieval lintel graves.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 shows the site of a chapel and burial ground at this location, formerly named Killkellan, together with the annotation, 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground'. The OS places a marker within a small enclosure to the east of the road, which is defined by a curvilinear field boundary.


Dr J Bradbury (1894), when describing the nearby archaeological discoveries at the time he was writing, recorded the earlier discovery of a few lintel graves in the enclosure, when sand was removed for the construction of Lonan All Saints Church. The church was completed in 1833, so the discovery would appear to have occurred just prior.


There is no record of any further discoveries during residential development that has taken place since.