What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. It is a circular earthen ring with a gap in the southeast bank, sitting in rough pasture near another ringfort. People may have avoided the place because they believed fairies lived inside the earthworks.

In rough pasture, 300m SW of ringfort (MA100-100----). Circular area (39m N-S; 37m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m). Gap (Wth 3m) in SE. Some boulders rest on bank. 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. 202. Date of upload: 11 February 2013

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