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Spring Hill Fort is a rath situated in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. The monument comprises an earthwork fortification characteristic of Early Christian Ireland, featuring the defensive ditches and ramparts typical of such enclosed homesteads. As a rath, the site would have functioned as a defended domestic settlement during the Early Christian period, serving as the residence of a farming family or minor aristocratic household. The surviving earthwork remains represent an important example of the settlement archaeology of early medieval Ulster.
Spring hill fort. rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8603. View the official record →
Spring Hill Fort is a rath situated in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8603.
Spring hill 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.
Spring hill 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 8603.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Souterrain & ?cashel (4.2 km), Newry canal. newry canal - c.f. dow 046 (5.3 km), Carnanbane. court tomb (6.3 km).
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