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Bivallate rath is a double-ditched ringfort located in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The monument dates to the Early Christian period and represents a form of enclosed settlement typical of early medieval Ireland, characterised by its two concentric defensive earthwork ditches. Such raths served as farmsteads and domestic enclosures for farming families of elevated social status during the Early Christian period, roughly between the fifth and twelfth centuries. The bivallate configuration, with its dual defensive perimeter, suggests a settlement of some importance within the local settlement hierarchy of early medieval Ulster.
Bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6950. View the official record →
Bivallate rath is a double-ditched ringfort located in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6950.
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 6950.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tullyear rath. rath (7.1 km), Counterscarp rath (7.4 km), Standing stone (7.4 km).
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