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Rath, located in Banbridge, County Down, is an Early Christian enclosed settlement of likely medieval date. The site comprises an earthen ringfort or rath, a monument type characteristic of Irish settlement patterns from the Early Christian period onwards, typically consisting of one or more banks and ditches enclosing a residential and domestic space. The monument represents the form of territorial and social organisation prevalent in medieval Ulster, serving as the fortified homestead of a person of local status. Such sites frequently yielded artefactual evidence of domestic and agricultural activity, though the specific archaeological record for this particular rath would require consultation of excavation reports and heritage records held by the Historic Environment Division of Northern Ireland.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7085. View the official record →
Rath, located in Banbridge, County Down, is an Early Christian enclosed settlement of likely medieval date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7085.
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 7085.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (1.3 km), Rath (1.9 km), Platform rath? (2.1 km).
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