What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen platform in County Mayo, marked by a low scarp and a mysterious central hollow that may hide a collapsed passage or forgotten hut. A farm road has cut through its eastern edge, reducing part of the ancient boundary to a slight undulation, yet the western rim still stands proud above the pasture. The stony base of the central depression feels like a threshold rather than a mistake, inviting wonder about who dug it, what they kept inside, and why they left it buried beneath grass and time.

In pasture, located on a rise, with good but not extensive views. Circular platform (diam. 27.8m N−S) defined by a scarp (H 1.3m at S, 1.4m at N), which has been levelled to a slight undulation at NE−SE. A sunken farm road on a NNE−SSW axis cuts through the E half of the rath –the levelled E portion of the rath lies immediately to E of the road. There is a roughly circular, slightly raised feature (8.4m N−S; 7m E−W) in the centre of the rath interior, defined by a raised rim (H 0.4-0.6m) on its W half. It encloses a shallow sunken area (diam. c. 2-2.6m; D c. 0.5m) at its centre. This hollow was obscured by overgrowth at the time of inspection but the base felt stony underfoot. The significance of this feature is unclear; it might be a partly collapsed Man-made underground passage or the remnants of a hut site. Long grass in the rath interior; hawthorn trees and brambles around the scarp; hawthorn hedgerows flanking the farm road. There is a rath (MA071-109----) 120m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 August 2021

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