Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lavagh (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavagh (tireragh By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.20938, -8.68464
- SMR number
- SL019-146----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a N-facing terrace on the lower slopes of the Ox Mountains. Oval area (dims. 24m E-W; 16m N-S). This is divided into unequal portions by a N-S field wall, flanked on its E side by a deep drain. At the smaller portion of the site, W of this, the perimeter is defined by the remains of a collapsed stone wall (Wth. 1.4m - 3m; int. H 0.25m - 0.45m). At the larger portion only ephemeral traces of the wall are identifiable. Original entrance not recognisable. A short distance E of the field wall which divides the site is a abrupt drop in ground level (D 1.2m), the result of an artificial scarp or quarry which extends N-S for several metres. The smaller portion of the site, W of the dividing field wall, lies within a plantation of coniferous trees.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.