What is recorded here

Indicated is a broken fairy fort on a Mayo slope where cattle wore the ancient bank into a shallow scar. It faces the western sky, keeps a level interior, and hides a cave that no longer shows. The land remembered the shape before people stopped seeing it.

In pasture, located on a NW-facing slope in sharply undulating terrain. There are good views to SW−W; rising ground restricts views N−SE. Raised circular area (c. 25m N−S; c. 25m E−W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m at NW, c. 4m at E; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 2.8m at NW, 0.8m at E), which has largely been reduced to a scarp with a broad, low internal rim. Stones protruding along the inner edge of the bank at W−NW may be remnants of a kerb. There are narrow breaks, eroded by farm stock, in the scarp at S and W, and there is a possible entrance gap at SE, now obscured by overgrowth. The interior is level. There is no obvious trace of the Man-made underground passage (MA040-053002), which is indicated as ‘Cave’ in the S half of the interior on the 1922 OS 6-inch map. A field fence on a NE−SW axis lies immediately outside the bank scarp at SE−S, and remnants of drystone facing along the base of the external face of the bank/scarp at E−SE indicate where another field fence has been removed. Blackthorn scrub is encroaching on the interior, especially at E and S; the bank is thickly ringed with hawthorn, blackthorn and brambles. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.