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Rath at Fermanagh is an early Christian ringfort situated on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation of Visean limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone deposited beneath this upland landscape. The monument forms one of a pair with another rath in the immediate vicinity, a clustering pattern typical of settlements in early medieval Ulster. Ringforts of this period generally comprised a defended homestead enclosed by a single or multiple earthen banks, serving as the residence of a farmer or minor chieftain and incorporating livestock pens and storage areas.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9566. Such sites, when excavated elsewhere, have yielded evidence of domestic occupation spanning several centuries of the early Christian period, with finds including pottery, metalwork and agricultural equipment. The Fermanagh landscape, with its underlying bedrock of mixed sedimentary strata, provided suitable ground for the construction of these earthworks, which remain visible features of the region's early medieval settlement pattern.
Rath - one of a pair with fer 210 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9566. View the official record →
Rath at Fermanagh is an early Christian ringfort situated on bedrock of the Tyrone Group, a geological formation of Visean limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone deposited beneath this upland landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9566.
Rath - one of a pair with fer 210 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 - one of a pair with fer 210 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 9566.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6 km), Eagles' knoll cairn, giant's grave. passage tomb (6.5 km), Ring cairn (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Rath - one of a pair with fer 210'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 - one of a pair with fer 210 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.