What is recorded here

Indicated is a D-shaped fairy fort on a Mayo ridge, its earthen bank broken in three places yet still facing Killala Bay. The gap at the west may have been an entrance, or perhaps the hand of a person stepping through before the grass swallowed the path. A small raised circle in the south-west quadrant suggests a hut, while a second enclosure waits ninety metres north-east. The fort is not complete, but it is clear enough to imagine the life that moved through it.

In average pasture, located on the level top of an E–W ridge, at the break of slope on the N side, giving good views to NW–N over lowlying pasture and to NE across Killala Bay. There is a large knoll immediately to NNE. Roughly D-shaped area (21.5m E–W; 25m N–S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.75m at NW, 0.5m at E; ext. H 0.8m at NW, 0.5m at E). The straight side is at W. The bank is best preserved at NW-N where it coincides with an abrupt natural fall of ground, but is very low and degraded at SE–SSW. There are several eroded gaps, including at ESE (Wth 2.2m), at W (3.8m) and at NW (Wth 3.3m). The level interior is not noticeably raised. In the SW quadrant there is a slightly raised circular feature (diam. c. 7.5m), which may be a hut site (MA022-037001-). There is another enclosure (MA022-037----) 90m to NNE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 April 2019

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