What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, an earthen ring where human history thins into myth. The soil may have held a small home, a boundary marker or a warning before it became a place people pointed at instead of naming. That loss of identity is the shape of the story: a fort so old or so forgotten it stopped being a person’s address and became a destination for legends.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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