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The Danes Cast (South) is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. Linear earthworks of this type, typically comprising banks and ditches, date from the Bronze Age or Iron Age and often served territorial, defensive or ritual functions across the landscape. The monument lies upon bedrock formed during the Early Devonian period, specifically an unnamed felsic igneous intrusion dating from the Late Silurian to Early Devonian era, which would have shaped the underlying geology available to the communities who constructed this feature.
The Danes Cast (South) is protected as a scheduled monument under reference 6048 by the Historic Environment Division. The site is recorded at grid reference J0479022480. Such linear monuments frequently follow natural topographical features and geological boundaries, and their alignment may reflect both the practical constraints of local terrain and the cultural priorities of prehistoric societies in managing movement and defining space across the Irish landscape.
The danes cast, the danes cast (south). linear earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6048. View the official record →
The Danes Cast (South) is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in the Newry and Mourne district of Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6048.
The danes cast, the danes cast (south). linear earthwork dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a linear earthwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
The danes cast, the danes cast (south). linear earthwork 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 6048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The shankill. cashel, reused as killeen (5.1 km), The shankill. church site & cross-carved boulder (5.3 km), Megalithic tomb (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of The danes cast, the danes cast (south). linear earthwork's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
The danes cast, the danes cast (south). linear earthwork stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.