What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen ringfort on a Mayo rise, its western bank still broad enough to mark the boundary though the eastern edge has worn into a shallow scarp. The structure follows the natural slope rather than fighting it, suggesting builders who watched the land before shaping it. A five-metre break at the southeast may have been the entrance, leaving the rest closed to curiosity and weather.

In pasture, located on a rise on elevated ground, with good views, somewhat restricted to E by rising ground. Circular area (46.6m N–S; 45.2m E–W) defined on the W half by a partly levelled earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m, at NW), reduced elsewhere to a scarp (ext. H 0.55 at E, 0.9m at S). The rath straddles the natural rise, incorporating the higher ground in the W of the interior, from where there is a gentle slope down to NE, E and SE. The enclosing scarp is built up higher on the S to compensate for the natural slope. There is a break (Wth 5m) at SE, possibly the original entrance. Grass cover, with a few hawthorn bushes on the perimeter. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2021

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