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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Indicated — Quignalegan is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Mayo. The record fixes the place and type while keeping unknown makers, use, finds and survival open. Its saved wording adds: In average pasture, on a terrace on the gentle S-facing slope of a knoll. Good views to E, restricted by rising ground to N and by trees to S. This monument is shown as a circular ringfort-sized enclosure (diam. 25-30m) on the 1837-8 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled, and a modern house partly overlies the location. The house stands on a platform that may partly reflect the original outline of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 June 2018

Who made it and when

The saved record identifies Indicated — Quignalegan as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date.

How it was made and used

Its classification points to ritual, marking, defence or gathering. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.

What was found

No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.

What remains

The public record still maps Indicated — Quignalegan as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.

Why it mattered

The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with fairy fort / earthen ringfort. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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