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Lisburn Bivallate Rath is a defended homestead of early Christian date in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a pair of concentric earthwork banks with external ditches, a defensive arrangement typical of Irish raths from the 5th to 12th centuries. This bivallate example stands on bedrock of Palaeogene mafic lavas and tuff, geology which would have influenced both the construction technique and the drainage characteristics of the ditches. The site forms one of a pair of raths in the locality, a configuration occasionally found where related families or successive generations occupied adjacent defended enclosures. The monument is listed in the Historic Environment Division's record as a scheduled archaeological monument under reference 4652, recognition of its significance as evidence of early medieval settlement patterns and social organisation in Ulster.
Bivallate rath - one of rath pair (c.f. 060 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4652. View the official record →
Lisburn Bivallate Rath is a defended homestead of early Christian date in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4652.
Bivallate rath - one of rath pair (c.f. 060 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 - one of rath pair (c.f. 060 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 4652.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork enclosure (5.6 km), Giant's grave. megalithic tomb (6.3 km), Castle robin. c17th fortified house built near motte & bailey (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bivallate rath - one of rath pair (c.f. 060's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bivallate rath - one of rath pair (c.f. 060 stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.