Enclosure in Croftonpark, County Mayo

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In undulating average pasture, located on a rise. The ground falls away to S into a natural hollow before rising again. There is a rath (MA030-031----) c. 250m to NW. A roughly semicircular arc of field boundaries is shown at this location on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; a circular hachured enclosure is shown on the 1930 edition. The remains consist of a roughly circular area (26m N–S; 24m E–W), not noticeably raised, defined by a low, moss-covered stony bank. The bank appears most substantial (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.4m) at SW, where it appears as a broad rise topped on its inner face with what appears to be the remnants of a wall (Wth 1.6m). Elsewhere the enclosing stony bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m, at NW) is narrower and more degraded. There is a loose scatter of stones throughout the interior and some bedrock protruding through the sod in the SW quadrant. In the N half a poorly defined sub-circular feature (max. dim. c. 5-6m), of indeterminate function, is outlined by a narrow ring (Wth c. 0.5m; H 0.2m) of stones. The poor degree of preservation, coupled with dense overgrowth, makes it difficult to determine the nature of this enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA030-032

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