What is recorded here

Mountaincommon in County Mayo, Ireland. On a low rise above gently undulating grassland, a possible rath stood thirty to thirty-five metres across, visible enough in 1919 for a surveyor to draw its circular wall before ploughs erased it. The field fence still cuts the ghost of that ring from northeast to southwest, while rough ground south of the line hints at what disappeared north. Whatever life moved inside that vanished circle, the grass and fence have already forgotten it.

On low rise in gently undulating grassland, with good views. This possible rath is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is depicted on the 1919 edition as a hachured circular enclosure (diam. 30-35m) crossed at NW by a field fence on a NE-SW axis. It has been levelled. The NE−SW field fence is extant. An irregular area of rough ground (c. 30-40m across) is evident to S of the fence; no trace of the enclosure can be discerned to N of the fence. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 December 2021

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