What is recorded here

Indicated is a vanished fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. A twenty-metre circular embankment marked the southern edge of the townland on nineteenth-century maps, but ploughing and time have reduced it to a faint breath of rising soil. It still belongs to the land, visible only when the eye stops expecting a wall and begins looking for a shadow.

In pasture, with gently rising ground to E and SE. This enclosure is shown as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps; it is located on the S boundary of the townland, which is shown looping around the S edge of the enclosure. It has been levelled; there is no visible trace at ground level, bar a slight ill-defined rise or undulation. There is a rath (MA039-063) c. 300m to W and a church (MA039-064001) 275m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 March 2020

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.