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Rath — a e.christ. rath is an early Christian ringfort located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a mixed sequence of Visean limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone deposits that provided the underlying geology of this part of Ulster. Ringforts of this period typically served as domestic and defensive enclosures for farming communities, their earthwork banks offering protection for both residence and livestock.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9560. Early Christian raths are among the most numerous field monuments surviving from the post-Roman period in Ireland, with many continuing in occupation through the medieval centuries. Their distribution across the landscape reflects the settlement patterns of Irish society between the fifth and twelfth centuries.
The monument's survival at this location, grounded in local geology and protected landscape archaeology, contributes to understanding early medieval settlement in the Fermanagh region. Such ringforts form part of the extensive archaeological record of Christian Ireland, preserving evidence of domestic organisation and land use during a formative period of Irish history.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9560. View the official record →
Rath — a e.christ. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9560.
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 9560.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's grave. court tomb (6.7 km), Rahallan. bivallate rath (7.5 km), Platform rath (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Rath's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Rath stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.