What is recorded here

Sallys bower is a seventeen-metre earthen ringfort on a south-facing slope above a deserted medieval village in County Laois. Its stone bank and broad fosse mark a boundary where human hands shaped the land before memory faded. The name suggests a woman, a dance or a joke lost to time, while the earth keeps its quiet shape.

Situated on S-facing slope on high ground NW of deserted medieval village (LA013-051001-). Slightly dished circular area (diam. c. 17m) defined by an earth and stone bank (H c. 1m) and external fosse. Fosse (Wth c. 3m) best defined at N. Entrance at NE. Sally's Bower has been previously described as a tree ring (Urban Survey 1986, 24). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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