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Carrickinaffrin is a hilltop enclosure located in the Newry and Mourne area of Northern Ireland. The monument comprises an Early Christian enclosure, a form of settlement fortification common in Ireland during the Early Medieval period, roughly from the fifth to the twelfth centuries. Such enclosures typically consisted of banks and ditches or stone walls defining a domestic or monastic space, and functioned as markers of territorial ownership and social status. The site's hilltop location would have provided defensive advantages and visibility across the surrounding landscape, characteristic of Early Christian settlement patterns in the region.
Carrickinaffrin. hilltop enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6128. View the official record →
Carrickinaffrin is a hilltop enclosure located in the Newry and Mourne area of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6128.
Carrickinaffrin. hilltop enclosure dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Carrickinaffrin. hilltop 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 6128.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath & ?souterrain (1.4 km), Counterscarp rath (1.5 km), Counterscarp rath (1.8 km).
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