What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. It occupies a raised oval ridge where an earth and stone bank still marks the boundary between human fields and hidden life. The hawthorn ring and local story of an underground passage suggest the ground remembers more than it shows. People may have lived, herded or worshipped there before the fort became a name for what refuses to be named.

In pasture, located on a NW–SE ridge with a steep fall of ground on the NE side. Slightly raised, broadly oval area (39m E–W; 45.4m N–S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank. The bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m at NNW) is best preserved W−NE where traces of internal and external stone facing are evident. It is lower and narrower (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) at NE−E, and it is levelled to a low undulation at SE−S. It is incorporated into a later field fence at S−SW, which respects the curve of the enclosure. There is a local tradition of a Man-made underground passage (MA074-011001-) in the interior. The interior is level and grassy; the perimeter is ringed with hawthorn trees. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 June 2021

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