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Rath & Souterrain is an Early Christian enclosed settlement with underground stone-built passage located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The site comprises a rath, or ringfort, characteristic of Early Christian period settlement in Ireland, combined with a souterrain, an artificial underground chamber or passage system that typically served defensive or storage functions. The souterrain represents a building tradition with roots extending back through the Iron Age but which remained in use during the Early Christian period. Such combined settlements demonstrate the persistence of fortified domestic arrangements in Early Christian Ulster and the integration of earlier structural traditions within Christian-period settlement patterns.
Rath & souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6134. View the official record →
Rath & Souterrain is an Early Christian enclosed settlement with underground stone-built 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 6134.
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 6134.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (0.2 km), Rath & souterrain (0.5 km), Rath & ?souterrain (0.8 km).
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