What is recorded here

Indicated is a sub-circular fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland, where a twenty-five-metre earth bank rises above pasture to command views across lowland fields. Brambles and ash trees now choke the entrance, yet the stone-and-earth ridge still marks the boundary between human ownership and older, unnamed occupancy. The slope-built wall suggests someone wanted to be seen from a distance, perhaps warning others that this particular patch of soil answered to different rules.

In pasture, located on a SE-facing slope, giving good views NE–S–SW, with an expanse of lowlying pasture to SE. Sub-circular, raised area (diam. 22-25m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m at WSW) of earth and stones, incorporated into the line of a later field fence on the W arc. The enclosure is built up higher on the SE–S to compensate for the natural slope, and along this section the bank tops a scarped sloping, giving an overall external height of c. 2.3m. Remnants of stone facing on the exterior face of the bank may be a late feature. There is an eroded gap (Wth 0.6m) at ENE, but the location of the original entrance is not evident. The interior slopes gently down from NW to SE. The rath is engulfed in clumps of brambles, hawthorn bushes and ash trees. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 September 2019

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