What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lavally (tirerrill By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lavally (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in rough pasture on top of a ridge as a raised circular area 29m across. An earthen bank 5.5m wide and an external fosse 3.8m wide enclose the site. A stone-faced entrance 1.4m wide opens at the NE, with stone-facing continuing along the inner face of the bank on the N arc.

In rough pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.6m) and an external fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.45m). There is a stone-faced entrance (Wth 1.4m) at NE with the stone-facing continuing along the inner face of the bank on the N arc. A NW-SE field boundary lies to W. 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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