What is recorded here

Twenty-one stones, not twenty-two, remain on a garden rise in County Mayo because one is missing or buried, and the gap changes what the circle completes. Thirteen stones sit inside a low earthen bank while the others stand free, suggesting the circle was made, altered, forgotten and partly rebuilt rather than simply laid out once. A dwelling still stands to the west, so the stones may have marked a threshold between ordinary life and whatever the people placed outside that threshold.

On a rise in garden, dwelling to W. Stone circles (MA120-045----), (MA120-047----), (MA120-048----) to N and E. Enclosed W to E by modern iron fence and E to W, by stone field fence. Circle incomplete, comprising twenty-one stones. Thirteen stones set into inner base of earthen bank (H 0.5m), levelled E to W. Orthostats are 0.38m to 1.4m L, 0.14m to 0.4m T, 0.2m to 1.2m H. Internal measurement 17.4m N-S; 17.6m E-W. This is a national monument (no. 146) in state guardianship. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 5. Date of upload: 5 December 2012

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