Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Lavagh (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lavagh (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11138, -8.66761
- SMR number
- SL032-047004-
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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 a low N-S ridge bounded on the E and W sides by two streams. At least eleven small rectangular fields are evident to E and S of Abbey Court friary (SL032-047001-) and adjacent to a rath (SL032-047003-). The smallest field measures 12m x 21m while the largest measures 43m x 52m. The field boundaries consist of either low earthen banks (Wth 2-3m), sometimes with silted-up fosses, or scarps (H 0.1-0.4m). These fields may be the remains of gardens and paddocks associated with the abbey. There is a similar field system (SL032-188004-) associated with the ecclesiastical remains at Achonry (SL032-188001-), c. 3.5km to S.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.