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. The site occupies undulating pasture on a ridge slope and contains a raised circular area measuring twenty-two metres across. Two substantial earthen banks enclose the centre, with a stoned entrance through the inner bank at the north-east. A possible underground passage remains in the northern half of the interior.

In undulating poorly drained pasture, on the NE-facing slope of a ridge and completely surrounded by field boundaries. A raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 6.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.9m) has internal stone facing. The fosse is mostly infilled, boggy and supports a growth of rushes and is truncated by a field boundary SE-SW. The outer bank (Wth 6.8m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m) is evident NE-SE and SW-NW, truncated by a field boundary SE-SW and possibly at N. There is a stoned-faced entrance (Wth 2.6m) through the inner bank at NNE. There is a possible Man-made underground passage (SL027-016002-) in the N half of the interior. 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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