What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined fairy fort in County Mayo, overlooked by two other ancient forts on nearby hills. A modern field fence cut through its centre, destroying half the mound and leaving only a faint shadow of what once stood. The untouched southern half still rises above the pasture, hidden in gorse, waiting for someone to notice the shape beneath the thorns.

In pasture, located on a rise in undulating terrain. It is overlooked by a rath (MA071-151----) located on the summit of a prominent hillock 130m to SSE, and another rath (MA071-149----) is visible 130m to NNW. There is a stream/drain 240m to S, with which the townland boundary coincides. Raised circular area (35m NNW−SSE; 32m ENE−WSW) defined at ENE−W by a scarp (H 2.2; Wth slope 3m, at E; H 1.4m at W), levelled at WNW−NE to a low undulation (H 0.6m). A field fence, with parallel field ditch, on a ENE−WSW axis crosses the rath roughly centrally. To N of the fence, the rath has been levelled but its outline can still be traced. To S of the field fence, the rath remains quite well preserved. The interior is level, grassy and featureless. The scarp on the S half is engulfed in gorse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 September 2021

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