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Tievenny fort is a platform rath of Early Christian date, situated near Strabane in County Tyrone. The monument consists of an artificially levelled platform, characteristic of the rath form that became prevalent in Ireland during the early medieval period. Raths typically served as the domestic and defensive centres of local communities, with their elevated platforms providing both practical advantages for settlement and symbolic expression of status.
The fort's location on bedrock of the Argyll Group, formed in the Neoproterozoic era, has influenced its geology. The underlying marble and meta-limestone of this ancient sequence would have affected both the construction techniques available to its builders and the water drainage of the site. Such geological substrates were common across this region of Ulster, shaping the settlement patterns of Early Christian communities.
Tievenny fort is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 14226, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of early medieval settlement hierarchy and land use in the Strabane area. The platform rath form represents a distinctive phase of Irish settlement archaeology, reflecting the social organisation of communities during the centuries following the introduction of Christianity to Ireland.
Tievenny fort. platform rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14226. View the official record →
Tievenny fort is a platform rath of Early Christian date, situated near Strabane in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14226.
Tievenny fort. platform 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.
Tievenny fort. platform 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 14226.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform rath (0.7 km), Two standing stones (0.8 km), Giant's grave. portal tomb (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tievenny fort. platform rath'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.
Tievenny fort. platform rath stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is marble, meta-limestone.