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Rockmacreeny fort is a rath located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, representing a typical early Christian ringfort of the Early Christian period. The site comprises a circular or subcircular earthwork characteristic of Early Christian settlement enclosures in Ulster, with defensive or demarcating banks and ditches that would have enclosed domestic and agricultural activity. Such raths served as fortified homesteads for farming families of status during the early medieval centuries, combining practical pastoral functions with social distinction. The monument is recorded within the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under designation HED NI NISMR MonID 5494.
Rockmacreeny fort. rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5494. View the official record →
Rockmacreeny fort is a rath located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, representing a typical early Christian ringfort of the Early Christian period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5494.
Rockmacreeny fort. rath 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.
Rockmacreeny fort. rath 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 5494.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thorny fort. rath (0.6 km), Platform rath (1.2 km), The danes cast, the danes cast (north). linear earthwork (5.4 km).
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