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Multivallate rath and souterrain is a timber-palisaded ringfort with an underground stone-built passage, likely dating to the early Christian period. Situated on Tyrone Group bedrock comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, the monument consists of concentric earthen ramparts that enclosed a domestic settlement. The souterrain, a characteristic feature of Irish raths from this era, would have functioned as a refuge, storage space or ritual chamber beneath the settlement floor. The geological substrate of the Visean limestone and associated sediments shaped both the site's drainage and the building materials available to its early Christian inhabitants. This example demonstrates the architectural sophistication of early medieval Armagh, when the region was becoming a significant ecclesiastical centre. The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 5571.
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 timber-palisaded ringfort with an underground stone-built passage, likely dating to the early Christian period. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Multivallate rath & souterrain'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.
Multivallate rath & souterrain 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.