What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bellanaloob is a 44m circular earthwork in County Mayo, Ireland, still marked by a low bank though overgrown and partly quarried. It stands 350m E of another ringfort, suggesting the land once held more than one enclosed life. A modern shed on the north edge and trees along the bank show how quickly human use can blur old boundaries. The name fairy fort may be local story rather than fact, but it fits the place: a circle large enough to hide, shape enough to remember, and quiet enough to believe.

In rough pasture, 350m E of ringfort (MA100-133----). Heavily overgrown circular area (diam. 44m N-S), defined by low earthen bank (H 0.8m), levelled on E. Bank, tree lined; modern shed built on N. Interior quarried in parts. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 110. Date of upload: 13 February 2013

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