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Rath one of a pair with tyr 051 is an early Christian rath situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument occupies land underlain by bedrock of the Fintona Group, a Late Devonian formation of sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate that would have shaped both the landscape and the building materials available to its inhabitants. Raths of this period typically served as the domestic and defensive centres of small farming communities, enclosed by one or more earthen banks.
This rath forms part of a paired settlement with tyr 051, a configuration that may reflect family or social connections between neighbouring communities in early Christian Ulster. The survival of both monuments in close proximity provides unusual archaeological potential for understanding settlement patterns and land use in the early medieval period. The site's geology, with its mixed sedimentary strata, would have afforded reasonable drainage and building stone, factors that likely influenced the choice of location.
The rath is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 15461. Its survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological record of early Christian settlement in the Omagh area, where such enclosed homesteads represent a distinctive and widespread category of monument across the Ulster landscape.
Rath one of a pair with tyr 051 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15461. View the official record →
Rath one of a pair with tyr 051 is an early Christian rath situated near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15461.
Rath one of a pair with tyr 051 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 tyr 051 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 15461.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath - one of a pair with tyr 051 (0.1 km), Wedge tomb (2.9 km), Standing stone (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Rath one of a pair with tyr 051's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Rath one of a pair with tyr 051 stands on Fintona Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.