What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, an oval ring of earth and stone set in pasture beside broad bog. Its eastern bank still stands low and smooth while the western scarp tumbles with loose rock, suggesting that people once cleared fields around it and forgot the shape they made. The gaps in the rim and the deep pit outside invite imagination about doors, dangers and discarded things.

In pasture, on gently elevated ground bordered at SE−W by expanses of bog. There is a gentle fall of ground to N and gently rising ground to S−SE. Broadly oval area (28.4m N−S; 36m E−W) defined on the E half by a low bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7m), and on the W half by a scarp (H 0.9m; Wth ext. slope 1.8m). The scarp retains a slightly raised stony internal rim (Wth c. 2m) and there is much loose, tumbled stone on the external slope. The scarp has a gradual slope into a fosse, evident as a broad depression (Wth 2-3.5m; ext. D 0.7m). The fosse is not evident on the E half, and it is possible that it is not a primary fosse but a field ditch related to the incorporation of the W half of the rath into a later field fence, which has since been removed. There are gaps/breaks in the bank at NE (Wth 2m) and at E (Wth 1.5m). A larger section (L 8-10m) of the enclosing bank is levelled at SE. The interior is not noticeably raised relatively to exterior ground level. It is dotted with a number of large heaps of field clearance debris. Immediately outside the bank at SE−S is a deep pit partly filled with loose stone and field clearance debris. Other heaps of stone are piled up close to the pit. The rath perimeter at W is engulfed in thorn-bushes and brambles. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

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