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McPartland's Forth is a double-ringed cashel with an associated souterrain located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument dates to the Early Christian period and represents a form of defended settlement characteristic of medieval Irish archaeology. The site comprises two concentric circular stone-built enclosures, a defensive arrangement that provided protection for domestic and possibly ecclesiastical activities, with the souterrain serving either storage or refuge functions typical of such settlements. Double-ringed cashels of this type are found throughout Ireland and represent important evidence of settlement patterns and social organisation during the Early Christian centuries.
Mcpartland's forth. double ringed cashel & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6024. View the official record →
McPartland's Forth is a double-ringed cashel with an associated souterrain located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6024.
Mcpartland's forth. double ringed cashel & souterrain dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a cashel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mcpartland's forth. double ringed cashel & souterrain 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 6024.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel (0.3 km), Glasdrumman lough. crannog in glasdrumman lough (3.3 km), Counterscarp rath (3.4 km).
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