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Birch Hill Rath is an Early Christian rath situated in the townland of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument represents a form of defended domestic settlement characteristic of early medieval Ireland, typically comprising a circular or oval earthwork with internal banks and ditches that served as a farmstead for a farming family or small community. The site dates to the Early Christian period, a designation that encompasses the early medieval centuries following the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. As a rath, it forms part of the archaeological landscape of raths and ringforts that are particularly prevalent across Ulster and which constitute some of the most numerous field monuments of early medieval Ireland.
Birch hill. rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14794. View the official record →
Birch Hill Rath is an Early Christian rath situated in the townland of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14794.
Birch hill. rath dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Birch hill. rath is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 14794.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Counterscarp rath (0.7 km), Wedge tomb (2.1 km), Trackway (2.8 km).
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