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Lisgormal fort is a platform rath located in County Down, Northern Ireland. The site dates to the Early Christian period and represents a form of defended domestic settlement characteristic of early medieval Ireland. Platform raths such as Lisgormal typically comprise a raised earthen platform surrounded by defensive banks and ditches, serving as the residential and administrative centre of a local élite household. The monument reflects the settlement hierarchy and social organisation of Early Christian Irish society, when such fortified farmsteads functioned as the seats of minor nobility and their dependants.
Lisgormal fort. platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7542. View the official record →
Lisgormal fort is a platform rath located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7542.
Lisgormal fort. 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.
Lisgormal fort. 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 7542.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte & bailey (6.5 km), Lough falcon, lough faughan crannog. crannog (7.4 km), Counterscarp rath (7.9 km).
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