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Bivallate rath is a Early Christian ringfort located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument is defined by its characteristic double banks and ditches, which gave rise to its bivallate designation, representing a more elaborate defensive construction than the single-banked raths that predominated in the Irish landscape. Such fortified farmsteads were typical of the Early Christian period in Ireland, generally dating from the fifth to twelfth centuries, and served as the domestic and economic centres of local élites and their families. The site remains an important archaeological record of Early Christian settlement patterns and social organisation in Ulster.
Bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 12489. View the official record →
Bivallate rath is a Early Christian ringfort located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 12489.
Bivallate 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.
Bivallate 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 12489.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Counterscarp rath (0.4 km), Rath (0.9 km), Salter's castle, salter'stown. plantation castle, bawn & village site (2.9 km).
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