Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lavally (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavally (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gilmartins Fort
- Coordinates
- 54.18711, -8.35750
- SMR number
- SL021-091----
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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
On a ridge, on a N-facing slope. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.8m) with traces of an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.2m) along the W arc. A possible entrance is at E with numerous large stones in its vicinity. A N-S field boundary and drain curve around the E edge of the rath and a disused E-W trackway truncates the S edge.
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.