What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. It holds a level grassy circle inside an earthen bank, with a water pool outside the east side and a wide view across rolling fields. Cattle and rabbits have worn it for a long time, yet the round shape still stands out on the ridge.

In pasture, on a level ridge-top plateau. Located just below the crest of the ridge, which rises gently to W−NW, and close to the fall of ground on the SE side, which gives extensive views NE−S over a broad sweep of rolling grassland. A slightly raised circular area (40.4m N−S; 41.1m E−W) defined by a substantial earthen bank. At W−N, there is a single rough basal course of stone facing. Elsewhere around the circuit, stones protrude randomly from the dilapidated internal face of the bank –possibly remnants of an original stone facing. The bank has a fairly broad and flattened top; it is riddles with rabbit burrows and eroded in parts by cattle. There is a break (Wth 5m) at NNE and another (Wth 3m) at E. Immediately outside the bank at E is a hollow area (c. 10m across) with a pool of water in its base, surrounded by overgrowth. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 May 2023

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