What is recorded here
Lavally holds a broken ring of earth and stone where a field boundary now cuts across the ancient bank. The round fort measures twenty metres across, large enough for a family, a herdsman, or a small troop, yet time and pasture have erased most of its purpose. What remains is a low hill in green fields, partial and overgrown, keeping only the shape of a place that once enclosed lives.
On a low hill in pastureland. Poorly preserved almost circular rath (21.3m NW-SE; 20.5m WSW-ENE) defined by a bank of earth and stone. The monument is heavily overgrown and a field boundary overlies the enclosing element from SW to NW.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 January 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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