What is recorded here

In Dervin, County Mayo, a hidden mound of earth and stone waits beneath blackthorn and brambles on the east side of a low rise. It measures twelve metres across and rises less than a metre high, its top scattered with loose boulders and smaller stones that may have been cleared from surrounding fields. A slight hollow marks the west edge, while the east side slumps gently into the pasture. The mound remains absent from the 1838 and 1922 maps, and a rath lies forty metres to the south.

In average pasture, in a thicket of blackthorn and brambles, located on the E side of a low rise. This mound is not indicated on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a raised sub-circular concentration (12m E-W; 10m N-S, H c. 0.8m) of earth and stone, broadly slumped on the E side. There is a slight hollow or concave area at W. The top (diam. c. 7-8m) is covered with loose boulders amidst clusters of smaller stones that appear to be the result of field clearance. A rath (MA038-088) is located 40m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 August 2019

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