What is recorded here
EARTHWORK is a possible raised rath in County Antrim, an early Christian earthwork still visible enough to mark but unclear enough to withhold a final name. It may have stood as a boundary, shrine, dwelling or warning, shaping local life before written records arrived. The uncertainty is not a flaw; it is the shape of the place, holding more than one use at once.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as EARTHWORK - possibly RAISED RATH. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; 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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