What is recorded here
Bivallate rath in Risk, County Down: two rough rings, early Christian period, still standing under State Care. Rough fort suggests quick building, perhaps fear or flight, not pride. A family may have run up from the valley during bad weather or worse, and lived inside the double circle until the danger passed.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BIVALLATE RATH: ROUGH FORT. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: State Care. 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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