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Lissalana

Children's burial ground

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Lissalana is a children's burial ground in Knockmullin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies pasture near the top of a west-facing slope in the northwest corner of a field, about 1.1km southwest of Toberscanavan. In 1836 the rath was recorded as a burial ground for stillborn children.
In pasture, near the top of a W-facing slope in the NW corner of a field, c. 1.1km SW of Toberscanavan. In 1836 it was recorded that the rath (SL026-066001-) was used as a burial ground for stillborn children (OSNB vol. 1, 143). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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