What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined ringfort on a Mayo rise, its shallow bank still marking a circular home among pasture and stones. The western view stretches far, suggesting the place was chosen to watch the sky and land rather than hide from them. Farm walls and laneways have bitten into its edge, yet the gentle curve remains visible beneath grass and brambles.

In pasture, located on a rise, providing good views, especially extensive to W. It is located on the SW boundary of the townland. Raised roughly circular area (31.4m N−S; c. 28m E−W) defined by remnants of a bank. The bank is reduced to a scarp (Wth 3.7-4m; ext. H 1.5m at SSE, 1.9m at N−NW) with a slightly raised stony internal rim (max. H 0.3m, at SSE). At S−NW the scarp is truncated or incorporated into a field wall, which slightly respects the curve of the rath, outside which is a farm laneway. The scarp is rather dilapidated and uneven in its slope, especially on the N arc. The interior appears higher in the N half, sloping down from centre towards S. There is a slight hollow (c. 4m across) against the inner edge of the scarp at N. A ragged gap (Wth 3.5m) at E, sloping down to the exterior, may be the location of an original entrance. Interior is grass-covered; moderate hawthorn and brambles around the perimeter. Large field clearance boulders have been pushed against the scarp at SE. There is a rath (MA040-023----) 140m to W, another (MA040-021001-) 350m to NW, and an enclosure (MA040-025----) 150m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 May 2020

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