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Multivallate rath and souterrain is a multivallate ringfort with an underground stone-built passage chamber located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The site comprises multiple concentric earthen banks which are characteristic of the more substantial raths constructed during the early medieval period, typically dating from the 1st to 7th centuries AD, though occupation may have extended later. The souterrain, a feature commonly associated with Iron Age and early medieval settlement sites in Ireland, would have served functions including storage, refuge, or ritual purposes. Such multivallate examples represent significant centres of settlement and demonstrate the hierarchical organisation of early medieval Irish society.
Multivallate rath & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5571. View the official record →
Multivallate rath and souterrain is a multivallate ringfort with an underground stone-built passage chamber located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5571.
Multivallate rath & souterrain dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath & souterrain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Multivallate rath & 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 5571.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound, possibly barrow (1.7 km), Rath (2.5 km), Rath (2.6 km).
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