What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, where a circular earth bank still stands on a west-facing slope. Livestock have worn gaps through the stone and soil, yet the inner ring remains clear enough to walk around and imagine the lives that once turned it into a home. The land has kept its shape long after its people left, waiting for someone to notice the patience buried in the pasture.

In pasture on a W-facing slope. A roughly circular area (int. diams. 36m N–S; 4m E–W) is enclosed by an inner bank of earth and stone (int. H 1m; Wth 4m at N to 7m at WNW; ext. H 1.4m) with narrow livestock gaps at N, S and W. The remains of a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3m) and a second, outer bank (int. H over base of fosse 0.8m; Wth 7m; ext. H 0.8m) only survive between ESE and S, with the bank poached by livestock along the SE. A later field boundary runs N-S immediately to the E and may incorporate part of the outer bank. The interior slopes slightly towards the SE. There is a dug-out area (L 8m E-W; Wth 7m; D 0.6m) abutting the inner face of the inner bank in the NW sector. A second rath (MA070-124----) stands 16m to the W. Date of visit: 13-05-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

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