What is recorded here

Indicated was a circular rath thirty to thirty-five metres across, standing on a low rise above marshy ground in County Mayo. It appeared clearly on the 1838 map but shrank to a truncated D-shape by 1922, suggesting fields or ploughs ate it alive during those decades. Now only a faint undulation remains, bordered by a modern fence, while the wet strip beside it still holds the shape of what disappeared.

In pasture, located on a low rise bordering the W side of a strip of wet, marshy area. There is rising ground to E. A circular embanked enclosure (diam. 30-35m), with a field boundary immediately adjacent at W−NW, is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; on the 1922 edition it is depicted as a D-shaped hachured enclosure (diam. c. 20m N−S), truncated on the straight N side by ENE−WSW field boundary. The enclosure, most likely a rath, has been levelled. A low undulating rise marks the location, bordered at N by an ENE−WSW field fence/property boundary. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2020

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