What is recorded here

Indicated was a living earthen ring on a low Mayo ridge, broad enough for a small household and sturdy enough to mark the landscape for centuries. Farmers probably walked past its bank for generations before ploughs erased it in the 1980s, turning a named place into memory. The loss is not decorative; it removes a visible chamber where human life, weather and choice once fit together.

In pasture, located on a low ridge. This rath is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a ringfort-like circular enclosure, and on the 1930 edition as a broadly oval enclosure (35m NE–SW; 30m NW–SE) enclosed on the S half by a fosse, and incorporated into a field boundary on the E arc. It was levelled in the 1980’s; there is no visible trace at ground level. According to local information it was enclosed by an earthen bank. Another rath (MA039-005----) is located on a higher ridge c. 200m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 September 2019

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.