What is recorded here

Indicated is a rough circular fairy fort in County Mayo, still standing on a low rise above pasture. Its earth and stone bank survives best where the ground falls away, while later fences swallowed parts of the original edge. Blackthorn, hawthorn and brambles choke the perimeter, making the place feel less like a ruined human home and more like a threshold the land keeps closed.

In rough pasture, located on a low rise, affording good views. Raised, roughly circular area (28.5m NE–SW) defined by an earth and stone bank. The bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.8m at SW) is best preserved at SE–WSW where remnants of an internal stone kerb or facing are visible in parts, and where the steep external slope is enhance by the natural fall of ground. At NW, N-NE and E–SE, it has been incorporated into later field fences; at N this has resulted in the bank being modified into a straight externally stone-faced fence (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). The interior has been built up on the S–SW to create a level surface and compensate for the natural slope. The perimeter is thickly ringed with blackthorn, hawthorn, hazel and brambles. There is a ringfort (MA073-019----) 170m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

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