What is recorded here

Indicated is a twenty-one-metre earthen ringfort in County Mayo pasture, overlooking the Palmerstown River mouth while grass-covered dunes press against its northern edge. Its scarp rises sharply on the west and north, but fades into ambiguous ground on the east, where a linear cut divides the interior into two unequal halves. The boundary between human making and natural collapse becomes difficult to judge when the earth itself seems to have forgotten which parts it shaped.

In pasture, located in an area of undulating grassland, bordered to N–NE by an expanse of grass-covered sand dunes, and overlooking the mouth of the Palmerstown River at NW. Raised subcircular area (21m N–S; 21m E–W) defined by a scarp. The scarp at SW–N is well-defined, with a broad external slope (Wth slope 4.7m; ext. H 1.6m at N) which retains a low internal lip (W2-2.4m; int. H 0.3m) at NW–W. At NNE–NE the scarp (H 0.6m) is faced on its outer edge by kerb-like arrangement of upright slabs or boulders, although it is not clear if this is a primary feature. At E–SE the scarp is lower and poorly defined. A linear scarp (H 0.5m) on a NNW–SSE axis extends through the interior to E of centre, marking a change in level marked between a raised area to W and a lower area in the E third of the interior. A section (L 4m) of this bisecting scarp at its S end is faced with large stones. Outside the rath at NW there is a semi-circular depression (9m NE–SW; c. 4.5m NW–SE; D 0.45m) which appears to be the result of relatively recent disturbance. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 December 2018

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