What is recorded here
Indicated is a buried fairy fort on a SW-facing slope in County Mayo, Ireland. Its shallow bank and forgotten ditch suggest people once drew a clean line around ordinary earth, perhaps to keep out danger or mark a home. The land has since grown back over that decision, leaving only a faint circular shadow beneath grass and stone.
On a SW-facing slope, in field under cultivation. Circular area (42.2m N-S; 41.3m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.3m), with external fosse on S (D 0.3m). Heavily overgrown. Stone field fence bisects NW sector.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 189.
Date of upload: 23 January 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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