What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort on a low Mayo knoll beside the Strade River, preserving a broad earthen ring and western entrance gap. Cattle still move through the pasture above its buried margins, while thistles and whitethorn hold the ancient shape against forgetting. The fort does not need a grand name; it is large enough, marked enough and old enough to be remembered.

On a low knoll (occupying the 100’ contour) in pasture, c. 200m E of the N-flowing Strade River. A raised subcircular area (surface diams. 36m N–S; 32m E–W) is defined by a substantial scarp (H 1.5m at N-2.3m at WNW) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 2m) at W. An outer enclosing fosse (Wth 1.5–2m; D 0.4m) is traceable from NW–N-NE. The fosse is not evident from NE–ESE but its line is traceable as a wide berm (Wth 4–5m; H 1m) between SE and SW and again at WNW. The interior contains a large oval-shaped hollow (L 12m NW–SE; Wth 4m; D 1m) in the W sector but is otherwise generally level and thistle-covered with some whitethorn trees growing along the perimeter, especially along the S. The lower courses (H 0.1m; T 1.5m) of a later field wall (shown on the 1837 first ed. of the OS 6-inch map) run (L c. 20m) across the N interior from the W. Date of visit: 12-5-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

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