What is recorded here

Indicated is a broken fairy fort in County Mayo, reduced from a thirty-five metre circle to a twenty-two metre southern arc before ploughing erased the rest. The remaining earth rises one metre above rough pasture, marking the exact line where human hands shaped the slope and later machines forgot the difference. What was built there has become a boundary marker for loss, visible only because removal stopped halfway.

In rough pasture, located at the top of a gentle S-facing slope, overlooking gently undulating pasture land and bog. There is rising ground to N. A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35m) is shown on 1838 OS 6-inch map, but not on later map editions. It has been levelled, but the outline of S half is still evident as a slightly raised arc (diam. c. 22m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1m; Wth slope 2m at S) curving WSW–SE, truncated at W by a field fence on NW–SE axis. The interior is level but appears to have been raised on the S half to compensate for the natural slope. There is a hint of a depression (Wth c. 2m) outside the scarp at S, possibly indicating a fosse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 June 2021

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