What is recorded here

One hundred and thirteen skeletons in a field called the field of skulls. That is what Lewis recorded in 1837 on the demesne of Woodcliffe. The exact spot has been lost, but the number remains: more than a hundred people dead together in one place, perhaps from fever, perhaps from war, perhaps from famine. Their bones were found and counted before the memory of them faded. Forgetting is the second burial; recording is the first resistance to it.

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.

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