CHURCH
Like all the other old graveyards, this was the site of the parish church of Drumline until the reformation. The date of the building of this church is unknown but it certainly was in existence in the mid-fifteenth century and was disused by 1615. Drumline was a mensal parish which meant its revenue went directly to the bishop of the diocese. Only a small fragment of the building now remains.

GRAVEYARD
The graveyard of Drumline is situated in the middle of farmland and is accessible through a farmyard and via a farm roadway. Less than half a mile away is the towerhouse of Drumline and the proximity of the church to the towerhouse is typical of the model common after the formation of the parish structure, following the coming of the Anglo-Normans.

TRADITION
A peculiar tradition is re-enacted at every burial at Drumline. The hearse parks near the gate, and then the coffin is taken around the perimeter of the graveyard and brought in over the wall at the opposite side to the gate. A possible explanation for this practice is that in the penal times when Catholic churches were closed down by the authorities, the gate would have been locked and the only way coffins could be brought in was over the wall.

DESCRIPTION
A small burial ground in the grounds of the pre-Reformation parish church closed since 1742, that can only be approached through private property. It has traditional family graves with no room for new graves. Coffins are brought in over a particular place on the wall and laid on a particular spot before being carried to the graveside. There is also a small well to which cures of warts are attributed by simple washing.