Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lavagh (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavagh (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11090, -8.68531
- SMR number
- SL032-046----
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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
In pasture, on the lower south-western slopes of Knocknashee Mountain. An oval area (28.3m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by a gapped flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) SW-NNE and by a scarp (H 1.3m) elsewhere. Large boulders are incorporated into the bank along the W arc. An external fosse (Wth 6.7m; max. D 0.9m) is evident along the NE and SW arcs and a counterscarp bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) along the SW arc. There is a slight step (Wth 4m), with rushes growing on it, at the external base of the bank SW-N. The NE portion of the interior is lower than external ground level while elsewhere it has been raised to compensate for the hillslope. There is a pile of stones close to the centre of the interior.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.