What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, where a raised oval pasture holds a low internal rim and scattered stones near Killala Bay. It sits among other raths on a coastal rise, suggesting a busy landscape of small defences or boundary marks. The flat interior and encroaching brambles preserve more than they reveal, waiting for someone to notice what the stones still support.

In pasture, at the SE end of a NW–SE rise in gently undulating coastal terrain, with good views in all directions. A small inlet in the SW shoreline of Killala Bay is 50m to E. Raised oval area (22.4m ESE–WNW; 16.8m NNE–SSW) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 2.8m; H 1.3m at N). The scarp is well defined at SW–ESE, and for short stretches at ESE and WSW it retains a low internal rim (Wth c. 1m; int. H 0.1-0.3m). At WSW a few stones protrude from the inner edge of the raised rim of the scarp. At N large stones also protrude about mid-way down the external slope of the scarp. The scarp has been modified and incorporated into a later field fence at SE–SW; it is topped with stones and a hedge of thorn bushes and brambles. The interior is flat and featureless, with overgrowth encroaching on the S half. There is a rath (MA015-050----) c. 100m to NW, and another (MA015-052----) is 100m to SSW. Two other raths (MA015-053----; MA015-054----) are visible c. 300m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 December 2018

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