What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular fairy fort hidden beneath blackthorn and sycamore on a natural rise in County Mayo. Its earthen bank still stands one metre thirty high in places, though modern digging and a field wall have cut through parts of the rim. A square structure abuts the western edge, suggesting the site supported more than a single dwelling or that someone rebuilt the fort after forgetting its original shape. The thicket refuses easy entry, preserving the kind of boundary that separates human farmland from the uncertain life of the fort itself.

In thicket of trees and overgrowth, located on a natural rise in an area of gently undulating, terrain. There is a farmstead immediately to S−SW. Raised circular area (c. 23.5m N–S) defined by remnants of an earthen bank. The bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) survives NW–NE and at SE–SW, but it is truncated at E by a field wall, and at SW-NW it has been partly dug away as a result of modern disturbance. At WSW the rath is abutted by remnants of a later, roughly square structure (max. dim. c. 6m), defined by a raised rim (Wth 1.5-2m; H 0.5m). The rath interior was difficult to examine due to dense blackthorn and brambles. There appears to be a slightly raised area (max. dim. c. 10m) off-centre to NW, from which the ground slopes gently to N and W. Sycamore, ash and blackthorn ring the perimeter. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 May 2019

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