What is recorded here

Indicated is a stone ringfort in County Mayo, Ireland. It stands on a gentle slope above boggy pasture, enclosed by a rough drystone wall and hidden beneath blackthorn and brambles. The site belongs to the old cashel tradition, where stone marked boundary, shelter or ceremony before fields and roads replaced it.

In pasture, located on a gentle N-facing slope. Ground falls away gradually to N to an expanse of flat boggy pasture. Much of the rising ground to S is under coniferous plantation. Sub-circular area (diam. c. 20-25m) enclosed by a roughly built drystone wall (Wth c. 0.8m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) incorporated into a radiating system of field walls. The interior area is not noticeably raised. Overgrowth impeded examination of this enclosure: The perimeter is ringed with blackthorn and hawthorn, and an impenetrable thicket of blackthorn and brambles cloaks the interior. Cultivation ridges, on a NE-SW axis, are visible in the adjacent field to W. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 July 2020

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