What is recorded here

Indicated was a D-shaped fort in County Mayo, drawn on the 1837 map but reduced now to a low rise in pasture. The road cut its straight edge, taking the shape into memory instead of stone. People still point to that rise and call it a fort, trusting the land to keep what it no longer shows.

In pasture, located on a low elevation with a gentle fall of ground to SE towards a stream. Good views generally over gently undulating pasture and bog. Shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure, truncated on the straight side to NW by a road. No visible trace. A low rise in the field appears to mark the original location but the outline of an enclosure can not be discerned. The location is remembered locally as the site of a ‘fort’. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 February 2014

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.