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Platform rath is a small earthwork monument located in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The site consists of a raised platform or levelled area characteristic of Early Christian period settlement archaeology, dating to approximately the fifth to twelfth centuries. Platform raths of this type represent a distinctive form of domestic settlement in early medieval Ireland, often serving as the residential or administrative centres of small farming communities or minor noble households. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork feature and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding settlement patterns and land use during the early Christian period in Ulster.
Platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7652. View the official record →
Platform rath is a small earthwork monument located in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7652.
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 7652.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballytrustan. medieval church & graveyard (0.9 km), Tara fort. bivallate rath (1.2 km), Motte (4 km).
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