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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Darhanagh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Darhanagh, County Mayo, Ireland, is a rath, an earthen ringfort. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland has not uploaded its details to the public viewer, so the shape and age of the bank must be read from the grass and the buried edge of its ditch. In a county where small forts dot the fields like forgotten buttons, that is not unusual. What is striking is how much is already known and how little of it can be seen without going to the archive in Dublin. The fort keeps its own counsel; the state is still deciding how much of it to reveal.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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