Enclosure in Derryfadda, County Mayo

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.

What is recorded here

In pasture, located on a low drumlin-like hillock surrounded by lowlying ground. An oval ringfort-like enclosure (c. 25m E-W; c. 30-35m N-S) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. By the time of the 1920 edition, the enclosure appears to have been levelled and the S-W arc incorporated into field boundaries. These field boundaries have been removed, and there is no visible trace of the enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA059-002

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David Farrell Photography, as credited in Western People caption, www.westernpeople.ie
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