Earthwork, Aghaward, Co. Mayo

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Earthwork, Aghaward, Co. Mayo

In the townland of Aghaward in County Mayo, an earthwork sits in the landscape, recorded but not yet fully explained.

Earthworks of this kind, a broad category that can encompass anything from ancient enclosures and burial mounds to field boundaries and collapsed ringforts, are among the most quietly persistent features of the Irish countryside. They tend to be overlooked precisely because they are so common, low-lying humps and ditches that blend into pasture or bog without announcing themselves. Yet each one carries a specific history, and this particular example in Aghaward remains, for now, one whose details have not been made publicly available.

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