What is recorded here
CounterScarp Rath, Creggan, County Antrim: an ancient ringfort, its buried bank still drawing a line around forgotten lives. The official record leaves the dates empty, but the shape is not vague. A rath is a boundary made flesh, a place where people drew a circle and said no to the dark. That much is written in the earth.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as COUNTERSCARP RATH. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. 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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