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Platform rath and souterrain is a ringfort with underground chamber located near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. The site comprises a raised earthwork platform characteristic of Early Christian period settlement, dating to approximately the fifth to eighth centuries. The souterrain, a stone-built underground passage or chamber, represents a common defensive or storage feature associated with Early Christian and later medieval Irish raths. Such structures are testimony to the settlement patterns and domestic arrangements of early medieval Ulster communities.
Platform rath & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8417. View the official record →
Platform rath and souterrain is a ringfort with underground chamber located near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8417.
Platform rath & souterrain dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath & souterrain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Platform rath & souterrain 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 8417.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cashel & souterrain (0.9 km), Standing stone (2.3 km), D-shaped enclosure - possibly cemetery (3.7 km).
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