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Rawe's Fort is a multivallate ringfort or rath with an associated counterscarp bank, located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The monument is classified as an Early Christian enclosure and dates to the early medieval period, typical of the extensive rath tradition that characterised settlement patterns across Ireland from the late Iron Age through the early medieval centuries. The site features defensive earthworks comprising multiple concentric banks and ditches, with the counterscarp rath indicating a more elaborate defensive system than simple univallate examples. A souterrain, an underground stone-built passage or chamber, is recorded as present at the site, a feature frequently associated with raths and representing storage or refuge infrastructure dating to the same period.
Rawe's fort. counterscarp rath & possible souterrain is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5797. View the official record →
Rawe's Fort is a multivallate ringfort or rath with an associated counterscarp bank, located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5797.
Rawe's fort. counterscarp rath & possible 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.
Rawe's fort. counterscarp rath & possible 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 5797.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath, reused as tree ring & lime kiln (1.6 km), Counterscarp rath (2.1 km), Rath (2.2 km).
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