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Rath in Armagh is a prehistoric earthwork monument situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The site consists of a roughly circular or oval enclosure defined by one or more banks and ditches, characteristic of Iron Age or early medieval Irish ringfort construction. Such raths served as defended domestic settlements or farmsteads, typically occupied by a single family or small community. The monument represents an important class of rural settlement evidence for understanding settlement patterns and social organisation in early medieval Ireland, though the precise dating and phases of occupation at this particular site would require archaeological investigation to establish securely.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5621. View the official record →
Rath in Armagh is a prehistoric earthwork monument situated in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5621.
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 5621.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath reused as tree ring (0.7 km), Rath (1.3 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (1.4 km).
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