What is recorded here

Two upright boulders stand two metres apart on a wet Mayo ridge, the taller one leaning south like a shadow cast by Nephin Mountain. They are not grand, not aligned for ceremony, not even fully visible above the heather. Yet they face the mountain, hold their shape in waterlogged bog, and wait without explanation. Perhaps they marked a boundary, a burial, a meeting place, or nothing at all. They still face south.

Located on the S-facing slope of a terrace on an E−W ridge, in upland waterlogged blanket bog c. 100m south of the townland boundary between Keerglen and Ballykinlettragh. The Keerglen River is at the base of slope to S, and there are streams to E and W. Views to the S are extensive, with distinctive outline of Nephin Mountain visible in the distance. Two earthfast upright boulders set c. 2m apart on a NE-SW axis. The taller boulder (H 0.70m; Wth 0.95m at base; T 0.60m) at SW is broadly trapezoidal in shape and appears to mimic the humped shape of Nephin. The smaller boulder (H at least 0.30m; W 0.40m; T 0.40m), which appears to have a more rounded profile, is deeply sunken in the bog and largely concealed by heather. No other stones or boulders are visible in the vicinity. Notified to NMS by Fiona Maguire Attached images uploaded courtesy of Fiona Maguire: MA013-007----_01.JPG Viewed from NE MA013-007----_02.JPG Viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 February 2022

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