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Lissalana

Children's burial ground

What is recorded here

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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