Enclosure, Oxford, Co. Mayo

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Enclosure, Oxford, Co. Mayo

There is a place in County Mayo called Oxford, and somewhere within it sits a recorded archaeological enclosure that has, so far, resisted easy description.

Enclosures of this kind are among the most common monument types in the Irish landscape, taking many forms: a ringfort defined by an earthen bank and ditch, a cashel built from dry-stone walling, or something older and harder to classify. What makes this particular example quietly unusual is less what is known about it than what remains, for now, unrecorded in any publicly accessible form. It exists as a name, a location, and a monument number, waiting for the paperwork to catch up.

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