That fact alone sets it apart from the surrounding landscape, marking it as a site where the dead were laid to rest in a way that archaeologists considered worth documenting, even if the full details of what survives there remain to be properly catalogued.

Beyond its classification as a burial ground, the specific history of this site, its age, the community that used it, and the physical form it takes today, has not yet been made publicly available. Some burial grounds of this kind in the west of Ireland are early Christian in origin, associated with a local church or chapel that has long since vanished. Others are pre-Christian, or represent the informal graveyards known as cilliní, which were used for unbaptised infants and others excluded from consecrated ground. Without further detail, it is not possible to say which category Corraneena falls into, or whether it preserves visible surface features such as grave markers, enclosing walls, or earthwork remains.