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Bivallate rath is a Early Christian ringfort located near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of two concentric earthen banks with external ditches, a defensive arrangement characteristic of Irish raths from the Early Christian period, roughly the fifth to twelfth centuries. Such bivallate forms suggest occupation by a family of elevated status or a community requiring enhanced fortification. The site represents an important class of domestic settlement evidence from early medieval Ireland, when such earthworks served as the residential and administrative centres of local élites.
Bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7688. View the official record →
Bivallate rath is a Early Christian ringfort located near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7688.
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 7688.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6.5 km), Tierny fort. counterscarp rath (6.6 km), The danes cast. linear earthwork (6.6 km).
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