What is recorded here

Indicated is a thirty-metre earthen ringfort on a Mayo rise, its steep scarp still wearing fragments of drystone facing while blackthorn creeps across the saucer-shaped interior. The western gap opens onto a skirting road, and the Meelick round tower watches from four hundred metres south-east. A chapel once stood at the centre according to an old map, yet no stone remains to mark the altar. The fort may have served as a boundary marker, a dwelling, or a stage for local story, but the earth has kept its shape while human purpose has blurred.

In pasture, located on a rise which provides good views E-wards over rolling grassland, and within the N half of a possible large enclosure (MA071-027003-). Meelick round tower (MA071-028003-) is visible 400m to SSE. A roughly circular platform (30.7m E−W; c. 30m N−S) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.45m at NE, 1m at S), which has been cut almost to the vertical and faced with drystone walling. The stone facing is relatively intact along the N arc and in parts at SE, but elsewhere is largely tumbled. A break (Wth 3m) in the scarp at W opens onto a road which skirts the W arc of the enclosure. The interior slopes gently down from the perimeter to centre, giving it a slightly saucer-shaped profile. There is no visible trace of a chapel (MA071-027001-) which is shown in the centre of the interior on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A bullaun stone (MA071-027004-) was found in the NE quadrant of the interior. This enclosure is most likely a rath, which has been modified in the modern era. The drystone facing on the enclosing scarp is probably contemporary with a ruined vernacular cottage/buildings located immediately outside the enclosure at NW. The perimeter is ringed by hawthorn and blackthorn, and blackthorn scrub encroaches on the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 July 2021

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.