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Platform rath is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in the townland of E.CHRIST. RATH near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site comprises a platform or levelled area characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in Ulster, representing a form of defended or elevated domestic occupation. Such platforms frequently served as the foundations for timber structures and were common elements of the late prehistoric settlement landscape across northern Ireland. The monument dates to the Iron Age period and survives as an earthwork feature of archaeological significance within the local archaeological record.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15268. View the official record →
Platform rath is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in the townland of E.CHRIST. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15268.
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 15268.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cloghfin chambered grave. portal tomb (5.3 km), Wedge tomb (7.2 km), Rath (7.3 km).
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