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Indicated

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Indicated is a low earthen ring in County Mayo pasture, beside a human ringfort and a stone field fence. It may have marked a boundary, a ritual place or a forgotten household, but the land has kept its shape while its meaning faded.
In low-lying pasture, with ringfort (MA121-157----) 50m SW. Circular area (30m N-S; 31m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.6m) SW to SE. Site overlain on S by stone field fence. 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. 196. Date of upload: 16 January 2015

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