What is recorded here

Indicated stood at the south-east end of a ridge in County Mayo, a circular embanked enclosure wide enough for a dozen people to walk beside one another. Farmers destroyed it during land reclamation, removing the last visible trace of a place that may have marked burial, boundary or belief. The ridge still holds the shape of its absence, inviting imagination to fill the hole left behind.

In pasture, located the SE end of a NW–SE ridge, on a level area or slight terrace at the break of slope, with fall of ground to NE. Depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. 15-20m), and on the 1917 edition as a small circular hachured feature (diam. c.10-15m). Destroyed during land reclamation; there is no visible trace at ground level. The siting of this monument, and its depiction on the 6-inch map, suggests that it may have been a mound or a type of barrow, perhaps similar to the mound barrow (MA092-033----), located c. 600m to SE in the same townland, or the mound barrow (MA092-012----) located c. 700m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 February 2022

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.