What is recorded here

Field system in Tullyvellia is a field system in Tullyvellia, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies rough upland pasture on a south-facing slope of the Ox Mountains beside a cashel. A low heather-covered rise about 15 metres long leaves the cashel wall toward the southeast, then a densely overgrown one-metre-high stone scarp continues east for about 40 metres until it reaches a north-south property boundary wall. Remnants of an east-west wall trace about 20 metres downslope to the south, while a line of tall ferns southwest of the cashel may mark another wall.

In rough upland pasture, on a S-facing slope of the Ox Mountains and adjacent to a cashel (SL031-017----). A low heather and scrub-covered rise (L c. 15m), from which an occasional stone protrudes, extends from the cashel wall at SE. From there a densely overgrown stone-faced scarp (H 1m) extends eastwards along a natural break in slope for c. 40m until it abuts a N-S property boundary wall. Due to a forest plantation it was not possible to determine if the scarp extends further to the E. Remnants of an E-W wall can also be traced c. 20m downslope to S. A line of tall ferns, extending a short distance to SW from the cashel wall at W, may also indicate the remains of a wall. Immediately to W of the cashel is a large rectangular field which is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. 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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