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Bivallate rath is a Early Christian rath located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a residential enclosure characterised by two concentric defensive banks and associated ditches, a defensive configuration typical of raths constructed during the Early Christian period, approximately the fifth to twelfth centuries. Such bivallate examples represent a more substantially fortified variant of the standard univallate rath form, suggesting either heightened defensive requirements or elevated social status of the occupant. The site remains an important surviving example of Early Christian settlement archaeology in the northeast of Ireland.
Bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4094. View the official record →
Bivallate rath is a Early Christian rath located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4094.
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 4094.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Donald's mound. mound - burial mound? (3.5 km), Counterscarp platform rath (5 km), Bivallate rath (5.1 km).
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