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Rath is a prehistoric earthwork monument located near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This circular or oval enclosure, typical of Iron Age settlement sites in Ulster, consists of a bank and ditch defensive system that would have enclosed a domestic habitation or farmstead. Such raths were characteristic residential structures of early medieval Ireland and represent an important phase of settlement organisation in the region. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the continuity of settlement patterns in this area of the Sperrins landscape during the late prehistoric and early medieval periods.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14050. View the official record →
Rath is a prehistoric earthwork monument located near Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14050.
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.
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 14050.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone & two stone circles (2.7 km), Cashel (4.4 km), Stone circle (4.8 km).
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