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Rath is a ringfort located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. This earthwork monument consists of a circular or oval enclosure defined by a bank and ditch, typical of the Early Christian period in Ireland, when such fortified farmsteads served as the residences of local lords and their households. The site represents the archaeological remains of settlement and social organisation from the early medieval period, when raths functioned as centres of domestic and economic activity within the broader landscape of Early Christian Ireland. As with many such monuments in Ulster, its survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to understanding the distribution and character of ringfort settlement in the region during the first millennium AD.
Rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9954. View the official record →
Rath is a ringfort located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9954.
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 9954.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath reused as tree ring (0.4 km), Standing stone (4.1 km), Counterscarp rath (4.6 km).
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