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Platform rath is a raised earthwork monument located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site represents a form of Early Christian domestic settlement typical of the early medieval period in Ireland, when such platforms served as defensive and residential enclosures for farming communities. The monument consists of an artificial platform, characteristic of raths of this era, which would have supported timber structures and been surrounded by earthen banks or palisades. Such sites are significant archaeological evidence for understanding settlement patterns, social organisation, and land use during the Early Christian period in Ulster.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4045. View the official record →
Platform rath is a raised earthwork monument located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4045.
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 4045.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of counterscarp raths (part of rath complex) (7.2 km), Platform rath (part of rath complex) (7.2 km), Souterrain and rath? (part of rath complex) (7.3 km).
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