What is recorded here

Cave marks a buried passage inside a forty-metre ringfort in County Mayo, still named on maps drawn in 1838 and 1929. A plough cut through the earth in 1968, exposing an air vent and faint traces of the surrounding bank. The chamber may have breathed for people who lived above it, but the field has since taken back most of its shape.

In a ringfort (MA121-075001-). This Man-made underground passage is indicated on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps as ‘Cave’ in the W half of a subcircular ringfort (diam. c. 40m). It was inspected in 1968 when it was partly disturbed by ploughing. The exposed feature was interpreted as an air vent of the Man-made underground passage. The ploughing also revealed slight traces of the enclosing bank of the ringfort (SMR file 1968). Recorded by Lavelle (1994, 67, no. 494) as follows: ‘In levelled ringfort (MA121-075001-). Marked 'Cave' on OS map (1929). No visible surface traces.’ Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 January 2015

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