What is recorded here

Lissalana is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockmullin, County Sligo, Ireland. It sits near the top of a west-facing slope in the northwest corner of a pasture field. The present remains measure twenty-three by sixteen metres with slight traces of an earthen bank. In 1836 the rath was recorded as a children's burial ground.

In pasture, near the top of a W-facing slope in the NW corner of a field. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a roughly triangular area defined by straight field boundaries on W and NE sides and by a curving bank E-S. The present remains consist of a raised area (L 23m; Wth 16m) with slight traces of an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m). In 1836 it was recorded that this rath was used as a children's burial ground (SL026-066002-) (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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