What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. The site is a low earthen mound thirty-five metres across, with a man-made underground passage beneath the pasture soil. It was a circular enclosure on the 1838 map before the bank was levelled. The fort is still there, waiting for someone to stop and look down instead of past.

In pasture. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. Bank levelled. Site represented by low earthen mound (diam. 35m E-W) with Man-made underground passage (MA121-112002-). 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. 181. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

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