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Lismalore fort is a bivallate rath situated near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Raths of this type are earthwork enclosures that typically date to the early Christian period, between the fifth and eighth centuries, and represent the defended domestic and social centres of local communities. The bivallate form—characterised by two concentric banks and ditches—indicates a settlement of some significance and status within the early medieval hierarchy.
The monument occupies land underlain by the Tyrone Group bedrock, a complex of Visean limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with chert, coal and conglomerate. This geology shaped both the local landscape that the rath's builders inhabited and the materials available to them for construction. The earthwork enclosures themselves would have been substantially labour-intensive undertakings, requiring communal effort to create the defensive banks and ditches that survive today.
Lismalore fort is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 15815, ensuring its preservation as an important archaeological monument. Such raths remain significant to understanding the settlement patterns and social organisation of early Christian Ireland and its wider territories.
Lismalore fort. bivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15815. View the official record →
Lismalore fort is a bivallate rath situated near Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15815.
Lismalore 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.
Lismalore 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 15815.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross head (1.5 km), Carnteel church. medieval parish church & graveyard, also site of c13th battle (2.1 km), Crannog in carnteel lough (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lismalore fort. bivallate 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.
Lismalore fort. bivallate 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.