Bronze Age burials.


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 previous discovery in the field to the west of the road, of 'many urns?unearthed at various times' which he considered to be a continuation of the prehistoric cemetery described under PRN 0657.60.


Bradbury must be referring to OS Field no. 2507, and notes that it traditionally bore the name Bwoailley Khallane (chapel field). It is clear from his description that, despite its name, the field had only yielded prehistoric burials to his knowledge.


No similar discoveries within the field have since been reported.