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Rath & Souterrain is an Early Christian enclosed settlement with underground stone passage located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument comprises an earthen rath (ringfort) associated with a souterrain, a characteristic combination of settlement type found throughout Ireland during the early medieval period. Such sites typically date from the first millennium AD and served as defended homesteads for families of some status, with the souterrain functioning as a storage space, refuge, or ritual chamber. The rath represents an important category of Early Christian archaeological evidence documenting the settlement patterns and domestic organisation of early medieval Irish society.
Rath & ?souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6133. View the official record →
Rath & Souterrain is an Early Christian enclosed settlement with underground stone passage located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6133.
Rath & ?souterrain dates from the e.christ. period, and is classified as a rath & souterrain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Rath & ?souterrain 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 6133.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath & souterrain (0.8 km), Rath (0.9 km), Rath & souterrain (1.2 km).
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