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# Rath at H224 803
Platform rath at H224 803 is a multivallate earthwork monument situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It comprises a raised central platform surrounded by defensive banks and ditches, typical of early Christian period raths constructed between the 5th and 10th centuries. The monument sits on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a mixed sequence of Visean limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone that would have presented considerable excavation challenges for its Iron Age and early medieval builders.
Raths of this type served as elite domestic and defensive enclosures, with the platform arrangement providing an elevated refuge. The layered bedrock geology beneath—incorporating subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate alongside the primary stone types—would have supplied some material for construction whilst also constraining the depth of ditch excavation possible at this location.
The monument is protected as a scheduled historic monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 10601. Its preservation within the Fermanagh landscape contributes to understanding settlement patterns and social hierarchy during the early Christian period in Ulster.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10601. View the official record →
# Rath at H224 803 Platform rath at H224 803 is a multivallate earthwork monument situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10601.
Platform rath 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.
Platform rath 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 10601.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform rath (7.1 km), St. naile's well, kinawley church, cill-naile, cell naaille, st nawley's well, cell naile, tuber niall, disert na topar. medieval parish church, graveyard & holy well (7.5 km), Giant's grave, the star cairn. court tomb (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Platform rath'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.
Platform rath 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.