What is recorded here

Indicated is a small, eroded fairy fort on a Mayo ridge, its low earthen bank barely visible beneath pasture and forgotten stone heaps. The circular ground rises slightly above the wet valley below, offering a clear view across the landscape while keeping its entrance hidden at the southeast edge. People may have lived there, feared there, or simply passed it without noticing because size and visibility often decide whether a place enters memory or disappears into ordinary fields.

In pasture, located on the E shoulder of a prominent rise on a roughly NW–SE ridge, which provides good views. At SW–W the ground falls away into a narrow valley of wet ground. Raised, circular area (15m E–W; 14.8m N–S) defined by a low and eroded earthen bank (Wth 3.9m at NNW, 3.7m at SSE). The bank has a low, internal slope (int. H 0.3m at NNW, 0.2m at SSE) and is broadly slumped externally (ext. H 1.2m at NNW, 1.3m at SSE)), especially at W–N. The interior slopes down from NW towards the entrance gap (Wth 2m) at SE. A few large boulders are incorporated into the N terminal of the gap. A sod-covered triangular mound of earth and stones, which projects 4-5m from the external face of the bank at N, appears to be the result of field clearance; a similar heap is appended to the bank at SW. This appears to be the remains of a rath, although it should be noted that its diameter is smaller than average. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

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