What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, holding a tree-lined pasture within a broken earthen bank. The western gap stretches fourteen metres, inviting entry into shadows rather than blocking it. People may have lived there before becoming a legend, but the shape still refuses ordinary explanation.

In pasture, on rise. Circular area (35m N-S; 36m E-W), enclosed by inner earthen bank (H 1.6m), external fosse SSE-NNW and external bank (H 0.4m); levelled N to W. Entrance on E (Wth 2.2m). Gap on W of inner bank (L 14m). Tree-lined interior. 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. 160. Date of upload: 21 January 2015

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