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Lisdoart is a platform rath, an early Christian enclosed settlement typical of medieval rural Ireland. Located near Dungannon in County Tyrone, the monument sits on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a Visean-age formation comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This mixed geology would have provided accessible stone for the construction and maintenance of the rath's defining features.
The site is defined by its characteristic raised platform, which served as the focal point of settlement and activity. Platform raths of this type, dating to the early Christian period, typically contained domestic and agricultural structures within their defended boundaries. The elevation of Lisdoart's platform would have offered protection and drainage benefits across the underlying bedrock substrata.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Northern Ireland Executive under reference 15785, recognising its significance to the region's medieval settlement pattern. Platform raths such as Lisdoart represent important evidence for the everyday lives and social organisation of early Christian communities in Ulster, and their survival, however modified by centuries of farming and land management, continues to illuminate the archaeology of the period.
Lisdoart. platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15785. View the official record →
Lisdoart is a platform rath, an early Christian enclosed settlement typical of medieval rural Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15785.
Lisdoart. platform 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.
Lisdoart. platform 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 15785.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (1.2 km), Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn (2 km), Bivallate rath (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lisdoart. platform rath'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.
Lisdoart. platform rath 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.