What is recorded here
Counterscarp Rath in Timaconway, County Derry, is an enclosure whose boundaries are no longer certain, but its name still implies a defensible ring around a living centre. The uncertainty does not weaken it; it refuses a false exact answer. A counterscarp is an outer ditch or bank that widens the danger before the main wall, suggesting the site was built to be seen, avoided, or entered on its own terms.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ENCLOSURE, possibly Counterscarp Rath. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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
Places near here
ENCLOSUREENCLOSURE, rath? or barrow? · 710 yd
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Drumnaph ForestWood · 2.9 mi
Scroggy Mass RockNamed rock · 4.1 mi
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND in KilreaCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND · 4.2 mi
Altkeeran WaterfallWaterfall · 4.9 mi
Moneygran WoodWood · 5.0 mi
Craigadick Picnic AreaPicnic place · 5.3 mi
Ulster War Memorial Clock TowerMemorial · 5.8 mi
FORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) in GlenoneFORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) · 6.0 mi