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Rath is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The site represents a form of enclosed settlement characteristic of the Iron Age and early medieval periods in Ireland, consisting of an artificial bank-and-ditch earthwork that formerly enclosed a domestic or defensive space. Such raths served as the homesteads of farming families and minor nobility, and their distribution across the Irish landscape reflects patterns of settlement and social organisation during the later Iron Age and early Christian period. The monument's current condition and structural integrity contribute to understanding prehistoric and early medieval settlement patterns in the Ulster region.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5573. View the official record →
Rath is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5573.
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 5573.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tower-house (0.8 km), Doogary lough. possible crannog in doogary lough (0.8 km), Rath (1.1 km).
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