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Corliss Fort is a bivallate rath situated in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland, representing a form of defended settlement characteristic of the early Christian period in Ireland. The monument comprises two concentric earthwork banks with an associated souterrain, a subterranean stone-built passage structure typical of Iron Age and early medieval Irish settlements. Such raths served as domestic and agricultural centres for extended family groups, with the souterrain potentially functioning for storage or refuge. The site dates to the early Christian era, occupying a landscape of settlement patterns that persisted across several centuries of Irish prehistory and the medieval period.
Corliss fort, donaghy's fort, corliss, the beech fort. bivallate rath and souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6092. View the official record →
Corliss Fort is a bivallate rath situated in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland, representing a form of defended settlement characteristic of the early Christian period in Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6092.
Corliss fort, donaghy's fort, corliss, the beech fort. bivallate rath and souterrain dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath & souterrain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Corliss fort, donaghy's fort, corliss, the beech fort. bivallate rath and souterrain 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 6092.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tullyard fort. counterscarp rath (0.7 km), Standing stones (remains of megalithic tomb?) (1.9 km), Lisamry fort. counterscarp rath & souterrain (2.1 km).
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