What is recorded here
CounterScarp Rath is an early Christian fortified site in County Down, Ireland. The name suggests a hidden or secondary enclosure rather than a grand public castle. It may have served a local family, a religious house, or a seasonal gathering place. The earthworks still mark the boundary between human ambition and natural regression.
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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