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Platform rath is a platform rath situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies land underlain by Palaeogene extrusive rocks, a foundation of ancient mafic lava and tuff deposited during volcanic activity in the early Tertiary period. This geological substrate has shaped the landscape of the site, which lies at grid reference J2137082550.
The platform rath represents a form of Early Christian settlement typical of Ireland's early medieval period. Such monuments consist of a raised platform, typically constructed through the accumulation of stone and soil, which once supported domestic structures and provided defence through elevation and visibility across the surrounding terrain. The raised platform form distinguishes this rath from other settlement types of the period.
The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 4046, recognising its significance as a surviving example of early medieval Irish settlement archaeology. Platform raths like this one contribute to our understanding of how Early Christian communities in Antrim organised their domestic and social spaces during the centuries following the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4046. View the official record →
Platform rath is a platform rath situated 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).
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 Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.