What is recorded here

Indicated is a circular earthen fort on a Mayo ridge, raising a flat platform twenty metres across above grassland and bog. Its steep southern edge and hidden western entrance suggest people once watched the northern distance from this small, defensible chair. The nearby fort and bare interior preserve a quiet human tension, waiting for someone to remember why the ridge was chosen.

In pasture, located on a roughly E−W ridge, utilising a natural rise or knoll at the E end of the ridge. The location provides good view N−E over a flat expanse of mixed grassland and bog. Raised, roughly circular platform (20.8m N−S; 19m E−W) defined by a scarp (H c. 1.5-1.7m), which is enhanced at WNW−SE by the natural slope (H 4-5m) of the ridge, with a particularly steep fall at SE−S. At SW−W the scarp is lower where it merges with the spine of the ridge, and this is one possible location for an original entrance; this area is now partly obscured by a field fence which incorporates the base of the scarp. Another possible location for an entrance is at N where the ridge falls away in a long ramp-like slope. The interior is flat and featureless. A field fence skirts the W half of the rath, merging at W−SSW with the base of the enclosing scarp. There is a rath (MA062-037----) 300m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

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