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Rath is an Early Christian ringfort located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. This small circular earthwork enclosure represents the characteristic defensive domestic settlement type that proliferated across Ireland from the Early Christian period onwards, typically serving as a fortified farmstead for a single family or small community. The monument survives as an earthwork feature comprising the characteristic bank and ditch construction typical of raths of this period. Such enclosed settlements were fundamental to the settlement pattern and social organisation of Early Christian Ireland, though many have been significantly diminished by subsequent agricultural activity and land use changes.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9801. View the official record →
Rath is an Early Christian ringfort located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9801.
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 9801.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh (5.8 km), Burnt mound / fulacht fiadh (5.8 km), Rath (6.3 km).
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