What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, occupying a raised circular space twenty-four metres across. Its earthen scarp still stands one and a half metres high, though later field boundaries and stone facing have changed parts of the rim. Two narrow breaks punctuate the circle, but the true entrance has vanished beneath grass and time. Blackthorn and bramble crowd the northern half, while hazel rings the perimeter, suggesting the place has been both used and abandoned repeatedly. It belongs to the old landscape of Mayo, where human settlement and fairy belief overlap without apology.

In undulating pasture, straddling a rise, with good views generally. Slightly raised, roughly circular area (23.9m N–S) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at S, 1.6m at N). At NW–NNE the scarp has been incorporate into a later field boundary, which respects the curve of the rath; here the scarp retains a low internal rim (int. H 0.2m), and has been faced externally with stones. At NE–SE the scarp is topped with stones. There are two narrow breaks at ENE (Wth 0.5m) and at E (0.6m), but the original entrance is not evident. The interior slopes down slightly from N to S. There are dense clumps of blackthorn and brambles in the N half of the interior, and the perimeter is ringed with hazel. There is a rath (MA038-040----) c. 40m to S, and an enclosure (MA038-039----) c. 150m to ENE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

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