What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, holding a low earthen bank and shallow fosse on a slight pasture rise. Hawthorn and blackthorn climb its edges while two other raths watch from nearby, suggesting a forgotten neighbourhood rather than a lonely marker. The broken eastern bank may have been an entrance, inviting people into a grassy space where the western half still stands slightly higher than the east.

In pasture, located on a slight rise. Slightly raised circular (30m N–S;31m E–W) defined by a low bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.7-0.8m) of earth and stone, and enclosed at S–WNW by a fosse (Wth 3m) and external bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m). Both banks appear to be largely earthen in construction, but incorporate stones in parts, with a scattering of stones, mostly field clearance, along the top. The outer bank has been levelled at E–S, but a slight surface undulation can still be discerned. The fosse, which is silted up, appears shallow and narrow, and is filled with field clearance debris in parts. A break (Wth 3m) in the inner bank at ESE may indicate the original entrance. The W half of the interior is at a slightly higher level that the E half. Interior is largely grassy but scattered with hawthorn bushes; hawthorn and blackthorn cover both enclosing banks. There is a rath (MA082-023----) 260m to WNW and another (MA082-025----) 145m to E. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 February 2018

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