What is recorded here
Killaliss holds a crannog, an artificial island built in ancient times. Whether people lived there, stored grain there or simply marked the water with wood and soil, the lake remembers the shape of their hands.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
church/chapelchurch/chapel · 985 yd
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rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's houserectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 1557 yd
Grave YardGraveyard · 1.1 mi
White Lough WoodWood · 1.4 mi
DrumeagueMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
DrumbinnisMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Kilmacaran IslandIslet · 2.7 mi
Senator Billy Fox 1939 - 1974Memorial · 2.9 mi