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Rath, situated in Dungannon, County Tyrone, is a prehistoric ringfort, a common defensive or domestic settlement form of early medieval Ireland. The monument comprises an earthen bank and ditch enclosing a roughly circular or oval area, typical of raths constructed from the Iron Age through the early medieval period, though many were occupied or reoccupied during the medieval centuries. Such fortified homesteads served as residences for farming families and may have functioned as territorial markers within the early Irish landscape. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important example of this widespread settlement type in Ulster archaeology.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15774. View the official record →
Rath, situated in Dungannon, County Tyrone, is a prehistoric ringfort, a common defensive or domestic settlement form of early medieval Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15774.
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 15774.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large counterscarp hilltop enclosure - hillfort? (1.3 km), Rath reused as tree ring (1.6 km), Clochar, clochar-mac-ndaimeni. pre-norman cathedral & graveyard, augustinian friary, post-med. & modern cathedral & graveyard, 3 crosses & 2 bullauns (1.6 km).
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