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Raised rath is a mounded earthwork located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site represents a defensive or residential enclosure typical of early medieval Irish settlement patterns, constructed through the deliberate heaping of earth to create an elevated platform. Such raths, or ring-forts, were common habitation sites across Ireland from the early Christian period through the medieval centuries, serving as farmsteads and strongholds for local élites and their households. The raised construction of this particular example suggests enhancement of its defensive qualities and may indicate occupation of some status during the early medieval period.
Raised rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1342. View the official record →
Raised rath is a mounded earthwork located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1342.
Raised rath dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Raised 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 1342.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound - round barrow? (0.4 km), Mound - barrow? (1.7 km), Platform rath (1.9 km).
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