Townland of Mossy Glen

Area: 793 acres
Irish Name: Gleann na Mona
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Altar (Post-Plantation)
At Craignahulla 0.25miles W. of Kinnagoe Bay, on S.E. side of village. Mainly arable. Fine view except to N. and W. where the ground is higher. The stone was pointed out on a small level shelf of ground, (possibly 30ft. x 10 ft.) over 6ft. below the level of the field, with the land falling steeply away. This shelf is at the N.E. end of a small, rough rocky, steep piece of ground. The alter is a single stone, the surface is very flat but not quite level. An old graveyard is in sight less than 100yds. lower down to the E.

Old Graveryard (Early Christian)
At Craignahulla, about half-way between it and Kinnagoe Bay, half way down long, narrow Rundale-type field. Mainly arable. View similar to that of above. The small graveyard, long disused, apparently had served as a burial place for still-born infants, though some adults were interred here also. As the rest of the field was in corn I was unable to approach it. Some stones are still erect, a local farmer said, "but no writing on them." He also said that the graveyard had "a small brew (bank) around it". Benweed (ragwort) is covering the bank which portably denotes a surrounding wall below the soil. The owner recently removed two "other cairns" from the same field, but he thinks they were nothing but heaps of stones. (Remains of an early structure? a church?) The place is locally referred to a the 'old graveyard', the terms 'Caldragh' and 'Kilbride' are not known here.

(Taken from The Heritage of Inishowen by Mabel R. Calhoun)

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