What is recorded here

Indicated is a D-shaped fairy fort in County Mayo pasture, its earthen bank clipping against straight field fences while cultivation ridges still shadow the grass. The nearby children’s burial ground and second rath suggest the rise has long held more than sheep, perhaps marking a boundary between ordinary life and something older.

In pasture, located on a rise in gently undulating terrain. There is a stream 250m to W. This enclosure is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure, clipped on its outer edge at S by an E-W road or laneway; on the 1922 edition it is shown as roughly D-shaped, truncated at E and S by straight field boundaries. It is evident now as a roughly D-shaped area (22.7m E-W; 20m N-S to field fence) defined on the curving side at SW–W by a low levelled undulation and NW–NE by a bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.9m, at NNE) of earth and stone. The E arc is incorporated into a straight N–S field fence at NE–SE, and the S arc is truncated a straight E-W field fence. There is an eroded break (Wth 2.2m) in the bank at N. Traces of possible relict cultivation ridges on an E-W axis are visible in the interior. There is another rath (MA038-103----) 100m to SE and a children’s burial ground (MA038-168----) 130m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 August 2019

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