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 occupies undulating wet pasture as a raised circular area twenty-two metres across. An earthen bank forms most of the boundary while a shallow scarp closes the northern arc. A narrow external fosse remains clearest on the east side and a possible entrance faces northeast.

In undulating wet pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 22m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m) along the E, S and W arcs and by a scarp (H 0.8m) along the N arc. An external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.6m) is best preserved along the E arc. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at NE. The interior is waterlogged. 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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