What is recorded here
Mud, muscle and memory built the twin ditches of Tara Fort before written history arrived. The earthworks still hold their shape in County Down, waiting for hands heavy enough to finish what hunger and pride began.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BIVALLATE RATH: TARA FORT. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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