What is recorded here

Indicated is a possible rath in County Mayo, Ireland, where a thirty-metre circular enclosure still curves through rolling limestone pasture near the Deel River. Half its bank has vanished under ploughs and time, yet the remaining arc survives as a living field fence, transforming an ancient boundary into a working farm wall. The flat grass interior holds no stones or marks, inviting wonder about whether people, fairies, or both once drew that line before forgetting the name.

In pasture, located on a slight rise, in an area of rolling limestone grassland bordered 100m to NW by the Deel River. This possible rath (diam. c. 30m) is shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure, incorporated on the S arc into a field boundary. The enclosing bank on the N half has been levelled, but the original curve is discernible at NNW–SE as a slight rise or undulation. At SSE–NW the bank has been replaced by or modified to serve as an earth and stone field fence (Wth 1.7m; H 0.7m), which respects the original curve of the enclosure. The original interior area is flat and featureless, and under grass. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

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