What is recorded here

Indicated is a degraded earthen ringfort in County Mayo, Ireland, overlooking Killala Bay. cattle have worn parts of its bank away, exposing hard-packed stony sandy soil beneath the turf. The circular earthwork stands only slightly above the pasture, with no clear entrance and little left to mark the life that once turned it into a home.

In average coastal pasture, located on a low elevation overlooking Killala Bay to E, and with good views over rolling fields to S and W. Slightly raised circular area (17.4m N-S; 16.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m at NNE; 4.4m at SW; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m at NNE, 1.4m at SW). The bank is generally low and degraded, with stones protruding randomly on top along the W half. It is broadly slumped at SW. Where sections of the bank have been eroded by farm stock, its core is revealed to be composed of hard-packed stony sandy soil. There is no clearly defined entrance feature. The interior appears to be slightly higher in the W third, but is generally level and featureless. Remnants of levelled field fences can be seen abutting the bank at S and NE. A N−S road lies 3m W of the rath. There is a possible rath (MA015-074----) c. 200m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

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