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Platform rath is a Early Christian ecclesiastical rath situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The site represents a modest fortified settlement of the Early Christian period, when such enclosed homesteads served both defensive and domestic purposes within early medieval Irish society. The platform rath form indicates a structure built upon an artificially raised or levelled foundation, a construction method employed during the early medieval centuries. The ecclesiastical designation suggests association with Christian settlement activity during the formative period of Irish Christianity, though the exact chronology and religious functions of the site require further archaeological investigation to establish with certainty.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5400. View the official record →
Platform rath is a Early Christian ecclesiastical rath situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5400.
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 5400.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (4.7 km), Templenafertagh. medieval dry-built masonry well, church (site of), graveyard & ring ditch (4.8 km), Hengiform enclosure (5.5 km).
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