What is recorded here

Indicated is a partly levelled fairy fort on a Mayo rise, its oval shadow still casting across wettish pasture despite a farm shed swallowing part of the outer bank. The land tilts downward toward the west, as if the fort is leaning into the distance or listening for something lost in the low fields. What remains is enough to suggest a boundary drawn in earth, not forgotten but waiting to be read again.

In pasture, located on a prominent rise with good views over an expanse of lowlying, wettish pasture to SW–W. Undulating terrain to N–NE rises to a gentle ridge. A farmstead lies immediately to E–SE. This rath has been partly levelled. It survives as a broadly oval area (42.8m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) defined by a levelled bank/scarp (Wth c. 3m; H 0.2) which remains distinct at NE–E and S–NW. Outside the scarp on the W half there are traces of a fosse and external bank. The fosse (Wth 2.5m) is clearly defined S–W but is reduced to a slight depression W–N. The external bank (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.8m) can be traced at SSW−W, merging with a broad external slump/fall in ground level (Wth 5.5-6m; H 2.5m). A slight terrace (Wth c. 3m) outside the rath scarp at NE–E probably also preserves the original curve of the fosse and external bank. A farm shed abuts the rath scarp at SE edge of the rath, overlying the fosse and outer bank. The central and E sectors of the interior are level, but there is a marked fall of ground from centre to S and W. A field wall, on a NW−SE axis, crosses the interior to NE of centre. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 May 2022

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