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Liskyborough fort is a bivallate rath situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. This Early Christian enclosure belongs to the tradition of ring-fort construction that flourished in Ireland from the fifth century onwards, with most examples dating between the sixth and twelfth centuries. The fort's two concentric defensive banks and intervening ditches represent a more substantial fortification than the typical single-vallate rath, suggesting either a position of some importance or a later phase of construction and reinforcement. Such bivallate raths are less common than their single-vallate counterparts and may indicate occupation by a family of elevated status within early medieval Irish society.
Liskyborough fort. bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5439. View the official record →
Liskyborough fort is a bivallate rath situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5439.
Liskyborough fort. 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.
Liskyborough fort. 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 5439.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rockmacreeny fort. rath (1.3 km), Thorny fort. rath (1.8 km), Templenafertagh. medieval dry-built masonry well, church (site of), graveyard & ring ditch (5.9 km).
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