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A.E. Christ Rath is a burial ground and enclosure situated in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies land underlain by Visean-period bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a mixed geology of limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate. This stone-rich foundation would have been familiar to the early Christian community who established their sacred space here.
Early Christian raths functioned simultaneously as defended residences and ritual centres, their circular or sub-circular earthen ramparts marking boundaries between the secular and sacred realms. A.E. Christ Rath's designation as a burial ground reflects the important practice of Christian interment within or immediately adjacent to such enclosures, establishing them as places of both habitation and commemoration for the dead.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10104, recognising its significance as evidence of early Christian settlement and burial practice in medieval Fermanagh. Such sites preserve understanding of how Christian communities organised their domestic, defensive and funerary spaces during the early medieval period in Ulster.
Burial ground/ enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10104. View the official record →
A.E. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10104.
Burial ground/ enclosure 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.
Burial ground/ enclosure 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 10104.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large oval earthwork possibly rath (3.5 km), Church, graveyard & enclosure (4.9 km), Rectangular enclosure (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Burial ground/ enclosure'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.
Burial ground/ enclosure stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.