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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lavally (tirerrill By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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In poorly drained rough grazing, on low-lying ground between two ridges. A circular area (diam. 35m) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth c. 6.4m; ext. H 0.8m) is mostly eroded with a slight internal lip evident SE-WSW. The fosse (Wth 4.7m) and outer bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.6m) are evident only ESE-W. The interior slopes down to N. A possible entrance (Wth 8m) is at E. Another rath (SL021-092----) lies c. 80m to NW. 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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