What is recorded here

Indicated is a slightly raised circular rath in rough, wet Mayo pasture, its ancient bank now cut vertically to serve as a modern field fence. The northern rim has collapsed into a low scarp while gaps erode the southern arc, blurring the boundary between human making and natural decay. A small thorn bush grows on an interior mound, marking the centre of a place where ancient defense and ordinary farming have become one continuous surface.

In rough, wet pasture, located on a low rise, with good views, in gently undulating terrain. Ground rises gently to S. Slightly raised, circular area (53.5m E−W; 49m N−S) defined by a bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m, at S) which has been modified to serve as a field fence: the external face is cut quite vertically. The internal rim is very low on the N half so that here the bank is effectively reduced to a scarp (ext. H 1.6m). A farm track (Wth 2.2m), flanked on the outer edge by a field fence (Wth 1m; H 0.6-0.8m), skirts the rath at SSW−NE; it might preserve the outline of a fosse and outer bank but this is very uncertain. There are narrow eroded gaps (Wth c. 1m) at NE and on the S arc, and a slightly wider gap (Wth 2m) at SE. There is a sod-covered earth and stone mound (5.4m E−W; 3m N−S; H 0.6m), on which a small thorn bush grows, in the interior, to N of centre. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 August 2021

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