What is recorded here
Indicated was a circular enclosure about twenty metres across on a Mayo rise, visible on maps from 1838 to 1922 before ploughing and pasture erased most of its shape. It sat among at least two other raths, suggesting a small cluster of occupied or marked ground rather than a lonely anomaly. The land still holds a faint oval ripple, wide enough to imagine a fence line, a dwelling, or a boundary drawn by people who knew that rise well.
In pasture, located on a rise with a fall of ground to N–NW, and good views of the surrounding landscape.
Shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m). This enclosure has been levelled; a slight circular undulation (diam. 12m N–S; 14m E–W) can be discerned.
There is a rath (MA038-086----) 90m to N, and another rath (MA038-088----) c. 160m to SE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 August 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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