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Rath — a is an early Christian earthwork monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The site sits upon bedrock of the Kilskeery Group, a formation of Chesterian age comprising sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate, which would have influenced both the construction methods and drainage characteristics of the monument. Protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9869, the rath represents an important example of early medieval settlement in the region.
Raths were typically small, fortified farmsteads characterised by one or more concentric banks and ditches, serving as the domestic and defensive centres of early Christian Irish and Ulster society. Such monuments frequently appear across the northern landscape, occupying strategic positions in the local topography to provide security and visibility for pastoral communities.
The Fermanagh location places this rath within a landscape rich in early Christian heritage, where such settlements formed the backbone of rural society between approximately the fifth and twelfth centuries. The underlying Chesterian geology, with its mixture of resistant sandstones and softer sediments, would have created variable ground conditions that the monument's builders would have worked with in constructing their defensive earthworks.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9869. View the official record →
Rath — a is an early Christian earthwork monument located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9869.
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 9869.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Church, graveyard & enclosure (8.6 km), Rectangular enclosure (8.6 km), Crannog (8.7 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 Kilskeery Group, bedrock that formed in the Chesterian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.