What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular fairy fort on a Mayo ridge, its stone wall leaning into the slope while brambles and thorn bushes strangle the perimeter. The ground drops sharply toward the Owenmore River, creating a hidden chamber where human shadows might still move beneath the pasture. What is missing is the underground passage marked in the north-west, perhaps buried by time or erased by the field wall that now cuts through the centre.

In pasture, located on the S-facing slope of a ridge, overlooking Glenree or Owenmore River, which is c. 90m to S. Ground rises immediately to NE. Roughly circular area (50.3m N-S; 54.2m E-W) defined by a scarp, which is incorporated into a field wall (Wth 0.8-1m) at N−SSW, and at SW−N by the curving undulation of a levelled scarp. At N-NE the enclosing wall (int. H 1.45m; ext. H 0.45m) is lower externally than internally due to rising external ground level; it is highest (int. H 0.55; ext. H 1.3m) to S, where it is constructed on a steep slope. The N half of the interior is fairly level, but there is a marked slope from the centre to S, coinciding with the natural ridge slope. There is no trace at ground level of a Man-made underground passage (MA031-033----) located in the NW quadrant. A field wall/property boundary bisected the interior to W of centre. Brambles, hazel and thorn bushes ring the perimeter. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 June 2018

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.