What is recorded here
In County Antrim, a circular shadow still moves through green fields, marked only as Rath Pair with Ant 050:171?. Its age is uncertain, but the shape is not forgetful: two rings or one swollen ring, depending on the light, suggest a place where people drew a boundary around something they loved, feared or kept from others. The land has changed clothes since then, yet it keeps the circle alive. To walk past it is to refuse remembrance; to stop is to admit that even forgotten things preserve the shape of human attention.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as A.P. SITE - circular cropmarks - Rath Pair with Ant 050:171?. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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