What is recorded here
Indicated is a ruined fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. It is a roughly circular earthworks with an inaccessible underground passage at the south-west edge. The site has become a quiet marker of human ingenuity and local belief.
In reclaimed pasture. Roughly circular area (37m N-S; 41m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.6m). Inaccessible Man-made underground passage (MA100-020001-) in SW.
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. 132.
Date of upload: 23 January 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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