What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on a Mayo ridge, its earthen bank still standing beside pasture and hawthorn. The oval space faces a river valley, while other raths appear on nearby slopes, suggesting the land once held several such marks. People may have lived, herded or prayed there before forgetting the name, leaving only shape, sight and story behind.

In pasture, on a ridge top, just below the summit, at the break of slope on the S side. At the base of the slope at SW there small valley of wet ground with another ridge beyond that on which a rath (MA071-133----) is visible 200m to SW. There are good views to N−E along a small river valley, with the river located 200m to N. Two other raths (MA071-135----; MA071-136----) are located c. 240m to SE. Broadly oval raised area (26m N−S; 29.7m E−W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 2.2m) at SE−W. A few stones protrude randomly from the scarp. On the SW the scarp has been adapted to serve as a field boundary. The interior is level, except for a slight slope down to S in the S third. Traces of cultivation ridges on a roughly E-W axis traverse the interior. Grass cover, with a few hawthorn trees around the perimeter. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 September 2021

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