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Platform rath is an Early Christian rath located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Raths of this period typically served as defended homesteads or small fortified settlements, with a platform rath representing a variant form characterised by an artificially raised or levelled central area rather than the more common ringfort enclosure. The site dates to the Early Christian period, reflecting the settlement patterns and defensive architecture prevalent in early medieval Ireland. Such monuments are significant for understanding the organisation of rural settlement and social hierarchy during the transition from Late Antiquity to the medieval period in Ireland.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4046. View the official record →
Platform rath is an Early Christian rath located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4046.
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 4046.
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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