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Bivallate rath and well is a double-banked ringfort located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises two concentric earthen banks with an intervening ditch, a defensive configuration characteristic of Irish raths dating to the early medieval period. The associated well represents a practical water source integral to settlement at the site. Such bivallate raths are considered among the more substantial fortified farmsteads of early Christian Ireland, suggesting the settlement of a family of some social standing during the period of occupation.
Bivallate rath & well is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4489. View the official record →
Bivallate rath and well is a double-banked ringfort located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4489.
Bivallate rath & well 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 & well 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 4489.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bivallate rath with souterrain & rath annexe (3.6 km), Tullyrusk fort. raised rath & plantation fort (3.8 km), Rath (3.9 km).
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