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Duneany is a bivallate rath located near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of two concentric defensive banks and intervening ditches, a characteristic defensive arrangement of early Christian period raths in Ulster. Dating to the early Christian period, likely between the fifth and eighth centuries, such ringforts served as enclosed homesteads for farming families of middling status, combining residential, agricultural, and defensive functions. The site's bivallate construction suggests a settlement of some importance within its local territory during the early medieval period.
Duneany. bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1841. View the official record →
Duneany is a bivallate rath located near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1841.
Duneany. bivallate rath 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.
Duneany. bivallate rath 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 1841.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lisnacannon. multivallate rath (4.5 km), Standing stone (5.6 km), The lough. crannog (5.8 km).
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