What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. The story belongs to Mayo and the wider region around the place. The account lives in the region and remembers the details that still appear there.

In pasture, located on a rise, in undulating terrain. Good views in general, restricted now to S−SE by field fences. Raised circular area (38m NE–SW; 37.5m NW–SE) defined by a scarp (H 1.3-1.5m at SE–S, 0.8m at N), outside which it is enclosed at E–S by a fosse (Wth 3.3m) evident as a shallow depression. Remnants of an external bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.35m at NNE), incorporated into a later field fence, survive at S-SW. The enclosure is crossed slightly SE of centre by a field fence on a NE–SW axis. The interior slopes down gently from NE. There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 2m) at SE with a well-defined causeway across the fosse. The perimeter is ringed with hawthorn and ash trees; the interior is covered in long grass and thistles. Another rath (MA093-032----), visible from this one, is located 100m to WNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 June 2022

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