What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on a SE-facing ridge in County Mayo, Ireland. Its oval boundary stretches 46 metres NE-SW and 37 metres NW-SE, with a steep four-metre scarp on the SE arc thickly covered in brambles and blackthorn. The NW and NE sections have been levelled flush with the pasture, yet the remaining ridge slope still drops toward a wet basin and a distant hillock bearing another rath.

In pasture, utilising a level terrace on a SE-facing ridge slope, which provides good views. To NW the slope rises to the top of the ridge; to SE the slope falls to a flat basin of wet, marshy ground beyond which 190m to E there is a hillock with a rath (MA080-037----) on its summit. Oval area (37m NW−SE; 46m NE−SW) defined E−SW by a steep scarp (H c. 4m at SE) enhanced by the natural slope; at SW−NW the scarp has been levelled to a low undulation and at N−NE it has been entirely levelled so the it is flush with exterior ground level. The scarp on the SE arc is thickly covered with brambles and blackthorn. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 November 2021

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