What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, occupying a prominent pasture rise where sharply undulating terrain frames views toward the south and northwest. Its broadly oval grassy platform measures twenty-one and a half metres east-west and twenty-five and a half metres north-south, bounded by a scarp whose southern edge carries piled field-clearance stones. A ramp-like slump at the southeast may have marked the entrance, while hawthorn and blackthorn still cling to the perimeter. Nearby, another rath and a possible burial mound watch across the land, suggesting this was never an isolated marker but one voice in a older landscape of memory.

In pasture, located on a prominent rise or spur, in an area of sharply undulating terrain. Views are good, especially to S and NW, but not extensive. Raised broadly oval area (21.5m E−W; 25.5m N−S) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 3.5m; ext. H 1.5m at N, 2.3m at S). An area (Wth c. 3m) of ramp-like slump in the scarp at SE may be the location of an original entrance. Grass cover, with some hawthorn and blackthorn bushes on the perimeter. Field clearance boulders have been piled along the top of the scarp on the S arc. A possible burial mound (MA040-047----) is located 100m to SSE and there is a rath (MA040-047----), both visible from this location. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

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