
What is recorded here
Indicated is a small earthen ringfort in average Mayo pasture, its level top holding a single hawthorn while cattle graze around the scarp. It may be the remnant of a rath, though its diameter falls near the lower end for that kind of place. The southern edge has slumped into a gentle terrace, suggesting age, weather or forgotten use rather than proud design.
In average pasture, located on a slight rise. The ground rises to E and more gently to NNW.
Roughly circular, earthen platform (top diam. 13.6m ENE–WSW; 10.5m NNW–SSW) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 2.2m at SW, 3m at NE; H 1.4m at SW, 1.6m at NE). The scarp appears somewhat lower or slumped at S. The top of the platform is generally level, but the SW part rises to a slightly higher level than the E. At the base of the platform at S–SW there is a slight terrace (Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.4m) or outer scarp which changes at W–NW to a broadly slumped slope. The platform is grass covered, with a single hawthorn bush on the E side. This may be the remnants of a rath, althrough the diameter falls at the lower end of the size range for raths.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 April 2018
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