What is recorded here
Lissnakilla, a possible earthen ringfort recorded in the 1840s at Dromore, has vanished from precise memory, leaving only a ghost in the soil. It was said to hold a children's burial ground, a cruel thought that transforms a forgotten mound into a chamber of shadows. The earth may still guard that lost pain, waiting for someone brave enough to listen before the wind erases the last trace.
A possible rath, called 'Lissnakilla', was recorded 'nearly in the centre' of the townland in the 1840s (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 14). It has not been precisely located. A children's burial ground (KE048-118001-) was also recorded in the rath (ibid.).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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