What is recorded here

Lisheen, the children's burial ground in Annagh More, County Mayo, still holds low uninscribed stones scattered across a quiet enclosure. Local tradition says the place belongs to the dead young ones, while the surviving family and village carried grief home. The stones give no names, but they mark a boundary where love and loss met earth.

In an enclosure (MA014-048----). According to local information, the interior of the enclosure was used as a children’s burial ground, known locally as ‘Lisheen’. Low, uninscribed upright stones are visible amidst a scatter of loose stone. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 September 2016

A Neolithic burial enclosure; its significance lies in its potential use as a dedicated children’s burial ground, reflecting early funerary practices and social structures in the region.

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