What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. It occupies undulating pasture as a raised circular area nearly thirty-eight metres across, bounded by a substantial earthen bank, a fosse and an outer bank. The western half remains the clearest, while the southern and eastern edges have been weakened or removed. A concrete platform now sits inside the northeastern quadrant, marking the place where human hands have entered an older ring.
In undulating pasture. Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) defined by a substantial earthen (Wth c. 4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 3m), and enclosed by a fosse, with an external bank. The fosse (Wth 2.5m) and external bank (int. H 1.5m above fosse) are most clearly defined on the W half of the rath. Elsewhere, the fosse is evident as a broad shallow depression, but has been damaged at S. The external bank is poorly preserved at N−E, and has been removed at SE−S. There is a break (Wth 4m) of relatively recent date in the inner bank at NE. There is a roughly rectangular concrete platform in the NE quadrant of the interior.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 January 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.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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