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Lisglynn is a rath and souterrain of early Christian date located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The rath—an Irish ringfort consisting of an earthen or stone-built enclosure—would have served as a defended homestead for a family of considerable status during the early medieval period. The souterrain, an underground stone-built passage or chamber, often functioned as a refuge, storage facility, or ritual space, and its presence indicates the site's importance within its local community. The monument sits on bedrock of the Leadhills Supergroup, a formation of wacke deposited during the Ashgill period of the Ordovician, which would have influenced the construction methods available to its builders and the character of the surrounding landscape. Lisglynn is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 5570, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as a rare survival of early Christian settlement infrastructure in the region.
Lisglynn. rath & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5570. View the official record →
Lisglynn is a rath and souterrain of early Christian date located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5570.
Lisglynn. rath & 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.
Lisglynn. 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 5570.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Megalithic tomb (2.1 km), Rath (2.4 km), Rath (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lisglynn. rath & souterrain'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.
Lisglynn. rath & souterrain stands on Leadhills Supergroup, bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.