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Rath is a prehistoric circular earthwork located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a circular or oval enclosure defined by banks and ditches, characteristic of Iron Age or Early Medieval settlement sites in the Irish archaeological record. Such raths functioned as defended homesteads or cattle enclosures, serving as the primary settlement form for rural communities during the late prehistoric and early medieval periods. The site's precise dating and constructional details would require archaeological examination, though the morphology indicates occupation during the Iron Age or Early Christian period when such fortified enclosures were widespread across Ulster.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5395. View the official record →
Rath is a prehistoric circular earthwork located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5395.
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 5395.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Templenafertagh. medieval dry-built masonry well, church (site of), graveyard & ring ditch (5.4 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (6.4 km), Hengiform enclosure (6.6 km).
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