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ENCLOSURE

ENCLOSURE, possibly BARROW or RATH.
ENCLOSURE
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ENCLOSURE in County Antrim is a scheduled prehistoric site that may be a barrow or rath, meaning its true identity is still uncertain. It belongs to the deep human past, when people shaped earth into forms that could bury, protect, or gather. The uncertainty itself is notable because a barrow holds death, a rath holds life, and an enclosure holds both without naming either.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ENCLOSURE - possibly BARROW or RATH.. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; 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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