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Large enclosure (rath?) & souterrain is a probable early Christian settlement site located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a substantial earthwork enclosure, possibly of rath form, associated with a souterrain, a characteristic underground stone-built passage structure typical of early Irish settlements from the early medieval period. The site's designation as "possible" reflects uncertainty in archaeological interpretation regarding the precise chronology and functional character of the enclosure, though the presence of a souterrain suggests occupation during the early Christian period, broadly dating from the fifth to eighth centuries. The physical remains represent the kind of defended or demarcated residential settlement that characterised rural aristocratic and monastic life in early medieval Ireland.
Large enclosure (rath?) & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5612. View the official record →
Large enclosure (rath?) & souterrain is a probable early Christian settlement site located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5612.
Large enclosure (rath?) & souterrain dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath & souterrainpossible. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Large enclosure (rath?) & 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 5612.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (4.1 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (4.1 km), Rath (4.2 km).
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