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Trivallate rath is an early Christian domestic earthwork situated in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a roughly circular enclosure formed by multiple banks and ditches, characteristic of the rath or ring-fort form that served as the defended homestead of an aristocratic family or monastic community. Dating to the early Christian period, the site exemplifies the settlement pattern and territorial organization of medieval Ulster, with its defensive earthwork construction reflecting the social hierarchy and economic status of its occupants during the early medieval centuries.
Trivallate rath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6524. View the official record →
Trivallate rath is an early Christian domestic earthwork situated in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6524.
Trivallate 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.
Trivallate 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 6524.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballymalady mound. motte (1.9 km), Bivallate rath & possible souterrain (2.6 km), Ballygraffan dolmen. chambered tomb (4.2 km).
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