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
- Rathrower
- Coordinates
- 54.17707, -8.34397
- SMR number
- SL027-034----
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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 low ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening and a possible outer fosse. The inner bank (Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.4m) drops 2.3m to the base of the intervening fosse (Wth 5m). The outer bank (Wth 8.7m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.5m) is evident all round with the possible outer fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.5m) along the E arc. There is a gap (Wth 2.8m) in the outer bank at E with a causeway across the fosse. The perimeter of the rath is densely covered with overgrowth.
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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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.