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Loughnashade is a votive site situated at Tullyargle in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, dating to the Iron Age. The site comprises a ritual lake where votive deposits were made, reflecting practices of ritual deposition common to Iron Age communities across the island of Ireland. Artefactual evidence recovered from the site demonstrates the religious and ceremonial significance of the location to its Iron Age users. Such votive sites represent important archaeological witnesses to Iron Age belief systems and the propitiation of water deities or supernatural forces through the deliberate placement of valued objects in aquatic contexts.
Loughnashade, tullyargle. votive site - ritual lake is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5394. View the official record →
Loughnashade is a votive site situated at Tullyargle in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5394.
Loughnashade, tullyargle. votive site - ritual lake dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a votive site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Loughnashade, tullyargle. votive site - ritual lake 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 5394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath reused as tree ring (5.2 km), Rath (5.6 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (6.8 km).
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