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 circular area measures 25.5m N-S and is enclosed by a heavily eroded earthen bank 2.5m wide, 1.4m high inside and 0.5m high outside. A break occurs in the bank at NE, and the rath is overgrown with scrub and bushes in rough pasture on the N-facing slope of a ridge.
In rough pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (25.5m N-S) enclosed by a heavily eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.5m). A break occurs in the bank at NE. The rath is overgrown with scrub and bushes.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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