Burial ground in Lisready (clare)

According to Lewis (1837) there is 'on the demesne of Woodcliffe a piece of ground called the field of skulls, where more than 100 skeletons were found'; exact location of site not known. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A Neolithic burial ground; likely dates to the early first millennium BCE. Its significance lies in the reported large number of skeletons, suggesting a communal or mass burial site of potential ritual or catastrophic importance.