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McDonald's Fort rath and adjoining earthworks is an Early Christian ringfort located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site comprises a small circular earthwork enclosure typical of the Early Christian period, when such raths served as defended farmsteads for individual families or small communities. The earthworks remain visible as a physical testament to the settlement patterns and defensive practices of early medieval Ireland, representing the domestic and agricultural organisation of Early Christian society in the north of the island.
Mcdonald's fort. rath & adjoining earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 3442. View the official record →
McDonald's Fort rath and adjoining earthworks is an Early Christian ringfort located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 3442.
Mcdonald's fort. rath & adjoining earthworks 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.
Mcdonald's fort. rath & adjoining earthworks 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 3442.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dunhin. motte and bailey (0.6 km), Shane's castle (ruins). tower-house & later buildings (2.3 km), Mound - motte? (4.7 km).
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