What is recorded here

Disuse marked the childrens burial ground before the trees closed over it, yet eight pale stones still lie across the oval cairn like forgotten tokens. The turlough breathes water into the woodland and withdraws it again, perhaps washing the memory of small bodies buried when the land was young enough to remember them.

On a low rise in hazel and ash woodland at the SW end of a turlough, with land rising to the NW and SE. Indicated as a small rectangular enclosure and named ‘Lisheenalaughil Childrens Burial Ground’ on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map. Shown as a partly raised oval shaped area on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and named ‘Lisheenalaughil Childrens Burial Ground (Disused)’ and similarly depicted and named on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Burial ground’ in the RMP (1996). This children’s burial ground comprises a tree-covered, oval-shaped cairn (10.7m NE-SW; 5.2m NW-SE; min. H 0.2m at SW, rising to 1.5m at NE). Some eight probable grave-marker stones are visible and appear to be lying on, rather than bring set into, the cairn. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 July 2023

A possible Neolithic or early Bronze Age children's burial ground, likely associated with a megalithic tradition; its specific type remains undetermined but may relate to a cist or small passage tomb. The site's name and context suggest ritual or funerary significance, though its wider archaeological importance is not well documented.

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