What is recorded here

Indicated occupies a semi-circular ridge top in County Mayo, Ireland, where a two-metre-wide earth and stone fence still marks a boundary never drawn on official maps. The enclosure spans sixty metres across the hill crest, offering unbroken views over broad countryside while resisting easy classification as a rath or ancient monument. Its shape appears only as faint arcs on old survey sheets, suggesting humans lived with the curve long before writers named it.

In pasture, located on the top of a ridge, close to the break of slope at S. There are extensive views to NNE–W over a broad sweep of countryside, and to N−NW along the top of the ridge. This enclosure is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps, but a shallow N–E arc is shown in the townland boundary on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and a semi-circular arc of field boundaries curving W–E is shown on the 1916 edition. On the ground, a semi-circular area (diam. c. 60m E–W) roughly conforming to the contours of the hill is defined by an earth and stone field fence (Wth 2m; H 1.2m) with an accompanying external field ditch. The crown of the hill, comprising a fairly level area (diam. c. 25-30m) is located within the area defined by the arc of field fence. There is no clear evidence that this constitute a rath or archaeological enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 December 2021

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